Eleven inmates were injured and hundreds more dislocated when prisoners set fire to a dorm yesterday at the Lusignan Prison following a drug seizure.
There was no reported death or escape as wardens quickly evacuated the prisoners after the blaze started.
This was the third major fire at a prison facility in just over four years. On March 3rd 2016, prisoners set fire to the capital offences section of the Camp Street Prison and 17 prisoners died. On July 9th, 2017 the entire Camp Street facility was burnt to the ground by prisoners.
