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| Maghaberry Prison: Incident on dissident republican wing over | Maghaberry Prison: Incident on dissident republican wing over |
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| An incident involving dissident republican inmates at Maghaberry Prison has now ended. | |
| Earlier, prison management withdrew staff from the landings in Roe House housing dissidents. | 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. | 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. | It is understood the incident ended without the use of force. |
| Northern Ireland Prison Service director general Sue McAllister said: "I can confirm the incident involving separated prisoners in Roe House has ended with no injuries to staff or prisoners." | |
| She also said the prison service remained committed to the recent Stocktake report by the Roe House Independent Assessment Team. | |
| "Managing prisoners in a high security facility is challenging. We are clear that we wish to move to a normalised regime within a secure environment," she said. | |
| "The report by the independent assessment team which was published at the end of last year remains the best way to make progress in Roe House. | |
| "The prison service remains committed to the implementation of the recommendations within the Stocktake report. | |
| "However this can only happen in an environment where the agreement is honoured and our staff are free from threats and intimidation." | |
| A protest outside the prison, involving about 200 people, has also now ended. | |
| Earlier, the 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. | 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. | 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. |