"trays, plates of food , the tray rack, cutlery,and almost everything dat wasn't nailed down was used on the officers"
It was lunchtime in Colnbrook,1.00pm Sunday afternoon the 7th May, at the C-Wing, at the cafeteria point.
An Algerian inmate got into an argument with the manager on duty, over the amount of food he was entitled to,and the manager resulted to some physical contact to make his point. the inmate resented this seemingly bullying attitude of the manager and refused to pay any further attention to the manager. instead he stopped any further argument with the manager and insisted d manager stop shoving him. d manager tried to force him to leave the cafe counter,but he insisted he would not leave without his lunch,at dis d manager called 4 additional officers,on his comm. unit.
The inmate, collected his lunch and walked into his room,without any further comment. when the officers came to take him to solitary confinement (the block),he left his lunch, got up without a word and with no argument followed the manager, and 4 other officers out of the connecting door in the wing. When they had taken him out, and locked d door, the manager and officers started to beat him.
One of the fellow Algerian inmates got so irate at dis treatment bcos d inmate had not resisted at all,and he started banging on the door,in anger and frustration at seeing d beating his friend was recieving. d other 2 Algerians joined in and the remaining officers called in some more reinforcements, and six of the DCOs descended heavily on d single Algerian still banging on the door, and there and then they forced his hands behind his back, and in the process put him in a choke hold with an arm around his neck. When they brought him to the ground, most inmates who were looking on, heard his arm break,and his resultant SCREAM was what really incited all other participants in the fracas.
The injustice of 6 men beating, choking, one man and an additional 5 DCOs,fighting the remaining 2 Algerians,was too much. trays, plates of food , the tray rack, cutlery,and almost everything dat wasn't nailed down was used on the officers, and they managed to drag the injured Algerian thru d connecting door,and sealed off the cafeteria point,and the whole wing was sealed off with only d female officers left behind, until the inmates had been calmed down by the other non-violent inmates.
90% of us dat had not collected our lunch were starved till dinner time as we never got any other meal.(maybe as a punishment). at 11p.m, (after the final lockdown at 9.45p.m,) over a dozen inmates who had taken part in the riot were arrested for incitement, and other drummed up charges.these arrests were carried out,with an officer recording the process with a camcorder (of what purpose is unknown)
An Algerian inmate got into an argument with the manager on duty, over the amount of food he was entitled to,and the manager resulted to some physical contact to make his point. the inmate resented this seemingly bullying attitude of the manager and refused to pay any further attention to the manager. instead he stopped any further argument with the manager and insisted d manager stop shoving him. d manager tried to force him to leave the cafe counter,but he insisted he would not leave without his lunch,at dis d manager called 4 additional officers,on his comm. unit.
The inmate, collected his lunch and walked into his room,without any further comment. when the officers came to take him to solitary confinement (the block),he left his lunch, got up without a word and with no argument followed the manager, and 4 other officers out of the connecting door in the wing. When they had taken him out, and locked d door, the manager and officers started to beat him.
One of the fellow Algerian inmates got so irate at dis treatment bcos d inmate had not resisted at all,and he started banging on the door,in anger and frustration at seeing d beating his friend was recieving. d other 2 Algerians joined in and the remaining officers called in some more reinforcements, and six of the DCOs descended heavily on d single Algerian still banging on the door, and there and then they forced his hands behind his back, and in the process put him in a choke hold with an arm around his neck. When they brought him to the ground, most inmates who were looking on, heard his arm break,and his resultant SCREAM was what really incited all other participants in the fracas.
The injustice of 6 men beating, choking, one man and an additional 5 DCOs,fighting the remaining 2 Algerians,was too much. trays, plates of food , the tray rack, cutlery,and almost everything dat wasn't nailed down was used on the officers, and they managed to drag the injured Algerian thru d connecting door,and sealed off the cafeteria point,and the whole wing was sealed off with only d female officers left behind, until the inmates had been calmed down by the other non-violent inmates.
90% of us dat had not collected our lunch were starved till dinner time as we never got any other meal.(maybe as a punishment). at 11p.m, (after the final lockdown at 9.45p.m,) over a dozen inmates who had taken part in the riot were arrested for incitement, and other drummed up charges.these arrests were carried out,with an officer recording the process with a camcorder (of what purpose is unknown)
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08.05.2006 20:22
imc screener
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08.05.2006 21:15
All just hearsay - how about a bit of proof.
Proof, proof, proof.
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09.05.2006 00:14
Perhaps you should get your xray specs on and take off the rose tined ones that make you belive that every asylum seeker is a saint.
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if you want to carry on this debate...
09.05.2006 09:50
the bottome line is - Asylum Is Not A Crime!
Torture however, is.
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