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August 2017 - Birmingham, England

On Twitter, a West Midlands based criminology lecturer claimed the prison's Wing A was "severely damaged" as inmates were heard chanting "we want burn" - which is prison slang for tobacco.^[1]

August 2017 - Cumbria, England

Prisoners staged a nine-hour riot and caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage - after they were banned from smoking.

Inmates smashed sinks, flooded cells and destroyed TVs at the Category C HMP Haverigg as they became the latest prison to be subject to the smoking ban.^[2]

May 2017 - Staffordshire, England

Some 'nicotine addict' prisoners became violent and staged sit-ins knowing they would be moved to another jail where they can smoke freely.

Inmates in Drake Hall Women's Prison went berserk and sat on the roof after a ban was tested there in May, one insider said.

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'Within the first week of the shop stopping selling it there was a riot. Loads of prisoners refused to go back to their cells and it was mayhem.

'There were women screaming and shouting, sitting on the roofs of blocks. After it calmed down a lot of those involved were transferred, probably to prisons where they can smoke.^[3]

June 2015 - Melbourne, Australia

Police armed with tear gas and water cannons were on Tuesday evening still attempting to contain a riot that broke out at a maximum security prison in Victoria earlier in the day, after prisoners became angered by the introduction of a smoking ban.^[4]

Prison overcrowding and inadequate fencing contributed to Victoria's largest prison riot, which was sparked when a canteen ran out of tobacco ahead of the state-wide smoking ban, a review has found.^[5]

References

[1] 'We want burn!' Rioting prisoners 'demand tobacco' at Birmingham prison with 'one wing lost' as anti-riot teams prepare to storm jail - Mirror

[2] Prison trashed in nine-hour riot after cigarette ban - and warders warn of more problems to come - Mirror

[3] Prisoners are RIOTING over a Government ban on smoking in jails being rolled out across the country - Daily Mail

[4] Prisoners riot at Melbourne's Ravenhall remand centre over smoking ban - The Guardian

[5] Victoria prison riot sparked by tobacco shortage, compounded by overcrowding: report - The Age

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 Inmates smashed sinks, flooded cells and destroyed TVs at the Category C HMP Haverigg as they became the latest prison to be subject to the smoking ban.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prison-trashed-nine-hour-riot-11060474 Prison trashed in nine-hour riot after cigarette ban - and warders warn of more problems to come] - Mirror</ref>}}
+== May 2017 - Staffordshire, England ==
+{{quote|1=Some 'nicotine addict' prisoners became violent and staged sit-ins knowing they would be moved to another jail where they can smoke freely.
+Inmates in Drake Hall Women's Prison went berserk and sat on the roof after a ban was tested there in May, one insider said.
+[...]
+'Within the first week of the shop stopping selling it there was a riot. Loads of prisoners refused to go back to their cells and it was mayhem.
+'There were women screaming and shouting, sitting on the roofs of blocks. After it calmed down a lot of those involved were transferred, probably to prisons where they can smoke.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4704088/Prisoners-RIOTING-Government-smoking-ban.html Prisoners are RIOTING over a Government ban on smoking in jails being rolled out across the country] - Daily Mail</ref>}}
 == June 2015 - Melbourne, Australia ==