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03/05/2006
Inmates hold rooftop protest
Visits to a County Londonderry prison have been suspended after two inmates staged a protest on a rooftop.
The men climbed onto the roof of a single story concrete building at Magilligan Prison and asked to speak to a Free Presbyterian Minister.
The Rev Wesley McDowell spoke to the prisoners who claimed to have been victimised by staff in the prison.
A spokesperson for the Prison Service has stated that no one has been injured during the incident and that they are currently in negotiations with the two inmates.
(EF/SP)
The men climbed onto the roof of a single story concrete building at Magilligan Prison and asked to speak to a Free Presbyterian Minister.
The Rev Wesley McDowell spoke to the prisoners who claimed to have been victimised by staff in the prison.
A spokesperson for the Prison Service has stated that no one has been injured during the incident and that they are currently in negotiations with the two inmates.
(EF/SP)
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