LaTrine Jakscoon
06-17-2008, 11:28 PM
....an it all beez da guard dogs fawt fo climin on dey beds.
The riot inside an Oxfordshire immigration detention centre was sparked by a row over search dogs entering cells.
A police helicopter and more than 200 prison officers, firefighters and police were sent to Campsfield House, in Langford Lane, Kidlington, on Saturdayafternoon after fires and vandalism left inmates "fearing for their lives".
Speaking to the Oxford Mail by phone, detainee Anthony Brown, 29, said tensions began simmering among Jamaican inmates at the 215-man detention centre on Thursday after Campsfield officers brought dogs into their accommodation.
He said one Jamaican complained about the dogs climbing on the detainees' bedding. The inmate was taken outside by prison officers and then moved to an isolation cell for two days.
Brown - who said he was an overstayer - added about nine Jamaican inmates were talking to a centre manager about the incident at midday on Saturday when they saw officers attempting to move the detainee who had been put in isolation.
He said this sparked the trouble and added: "They were very angry. Everyone rushed out of the building. I saw smoke, I heard smoke alarms and I heard glass smashing."
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Brown said he was among 20 detainees who climbed on to the roof of a shop in the centre for 15 minutes to see what was going on, but denied this was a protest.
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The riot inside an Oxfordshire immigration detention centre was sparked by a row over search dogs entering cells.
A police helicopter and more than 200 prison officers, firefighters and police were sent to Campsfield House, in Langford Lane, Kidlington, on Saturdayafternoon after fires and vandalism left inmates "fearing for their lives".
Speaking to the Oxford Mail by phone, detainee Anthony Brown, 29, said tensions began simmering among Jamaican inmates at the 215-man detention centre on Thursday after Campsfield officers brought dogs into their accommodation.
He said one Jamaican complained about the dogs climbing on the detainees' bedding. The inmate was taken outside by prison officers and then moved to an isolation cell for two days.
Brown - who said he was an overstayer - added about nine Jamaican inmates were talking to a centre manager about the incident at midday on Saturday when they saw officers attempting to move the detainee who had been put in isolation.
He said this sparked the trouble and added: "They were very angry. Everyone rushed out of the building. I saw smoke, I heard smoke alarms and I heard glass smashing."
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Brown said he was among 20 detainees who climbed on to the roof of a shop in the centre for 15 minutes to see what was going on, but denied this was a protest.
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