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The man accused of sparking a riot at Belconnen Remand Centre last year, in which six prison officers were taken to hospital, says corrections authorities provoked the trouble by calling prisoners scum.

Matthew James Massey is one of five former and current detainees to be charged over the violence at one of the centre's yards on January 5, 2009.

A riot and attempted breakout at a juvenile detention center in southern Bogota on Tuesday left several people injured, including inmates, staff and police officers, reports Colombian media.

CIUDAD JUAREZ: A clash between armed rival gangs in a Mexican jail left five inmates dead and 14 injured on Tuesday, authorities in northern Chihuahua state said.

Some 300 soldiers and police took several hours to control the unrest in the Aquiles Serdan state prison, said Gustavo Zabre, the state head of public security.

A prison inmate has escaped custody while in handcuffs following a court appearance on the NSW Mid North Coast, police say.

Cleveland Madden, 22, attended Kempsey Local Court about 4pm yesterday and escaped as he was getting into a prison van.

 SANAA - A detained member of Al-Qaeda hospitalized in Sana'a killed two of his five guards during an escape attempt Sunday, said medical sources.

 A ruckus at the Gatineau Detention Centre on Thursday prompted prison officials to place several inmates in isolation to contain the situation.

At least three fires were lit by inmates during a change of shift by corrections officers, officials say. But damage was limited.

The union representing the guards said the detention centre is becoming a dangerous place of employment because of increased drug trafficking concerns and the influence of street gangs. 

 WINNIPEG - Brandon Police Service has now charged 18 men for their alleged involvement in a riot at Brandon Correctional Centre last year.

Up to 27 inmates were involved in the Oct. 4, 2009 uprising, which was quelled by the corrections emergency response team, police said.

Six of the 18 men were still in custody at BCC and charged Feb. 23.

The rest have been charged by way of arrest warrants and are no longer in Brandon, police said.

 WINNIPEG - Four more men have been charged for their alleged involvement in a riot at a Manitoba jail last year, bringing to 10 the number of people facing charges so far.

The Winnipeg Police Service arrested four suspects Feb. 26, assisting the Brandon Police Service, which is conducting the investigation into the uprising at Brandon Correctional Centre.

The men arrested by Winnipeg police had been transferred to a different facility or released from jail since the riot last October.

 The SA Human Rights Commission has demanded that disciplinary action be taken against the head of Westville Prison, Bheki Mabanga.

This is after Mabanga said last week that eight dangerous awaiting trial prisoners managed to escape from the prison after the Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) had ordered that the electric fence be switched off.