Wortel ( Brussels Morning Newspaper ) – A prison disturbance erupted at Wortel when inmates numbering about 30 people refused to go back to their cells, causing damage along with fire.
Chaos erupted at Wortel prison because 30 inmates refused to enter their cells, and this resulted in damage while a fire started. Law enforcement arrived after prison authorities successfully negotiated with management to restore order in the building. Staff members throughout Belgian prisons protested against prisoner aggression by conducting a 24-hour strike while dealing with a recent attack on one of their guard’s residences.
Law enforcement personnel, along with prison staff, held conversations with the detainees after they arrived in overwhelming numbers. When peace finally arrived, all inmates returned to their prison cells. The started fire received quick suppression. During this period, all prisoner activities remained in a state of quiet within the prison facilities.
What caused Wartel prison chaos ?
Staff working at Wortel prison proved the strike shows how prison workers face dangerous situations as they encounter prisoner violence inside the facility and get attacked outside the facilities, too.
The regime emerged as a reaction to growing staff safety threats after prisoners launched a Molotov cocktail attack on a guard’s house in Haren in the previous month. The prison camp at Wortel experienced acts of resistance from prisoners who exhibited upset attitudes towards inadequate prison provisions.
