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Maghaberry Prison: Incident on dissident republican wing over | |
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An incident involving dissident republican prisoners at Maghaberry Prison has now ended. | |
Earlier, prison management withdrew staff from the landings in Roe House housing dissidents. | |
Sources have told the BBC that prison officers are now back on the landings and that dissident republican inmates have returned to their cells. | |
It is understood the incident ended without the use of force. | |
About 200 protesters remain outside the prison after arriving there on Monday evening. | |
Earlier, the Northern Ireland Prison Service has said it was dealing with an "ongoing incident" at the County Antrim prison. | |
It is understood prison service management withdrew staff from Roe House landings because of verbal abuse and threats from dissident inmates. | |
The situation has been tense for weeks. | The situation has been tense for weeks. |
'Locked down' | 'Locked down' |
Last week, a group representing some dissident republican prisoners in the jail released a statement saying that recent structural changes to Roe House landings were an attempt to debase and disempower the inmates. | Last week, a group representing some dissident republican prisoners in the jail released a statement saying that recent structural changes to Roe House landings were an attempt to debase and disempower the inmates. |
Little information has been made available about Monday's incident, but prisoners were locked down in a number of areas within their wing. | |
Maghaberry Prison is Northern Ireland's only high-security jail. | Maghaberry Prison is Northern Ireland's only high-security jail. |
It houses men who have been convicted of serious offences as well as remand prisoners awaiting trial. | It houses men who have been convicted of serious offences as well as remand prisoners awaiting trial. |
The inmates are held in both separated and integrated conditions. | The inmates are held in both separated and integrated conditions. |