Prisoners are rioting and have set fire to the privately-run Acacia Prison in Western Australia which is in partial lockdown after detainees and staff tested positive to COVID.
Prisoners are rioting at a privately-run jail in Western Australia which was in partial lockdown after two detainees tested positive to COVID earlier this week.Aerial vision shows flames and smoke pouring out of buildings and more than a dozen detainees on the roofAcacia Prison is the first WA facility to record COVID-positive cases since the start of the pandemic
Acacia Prison, about 50 kilometres east of Perth, is the first WA facility to record COVID-positive cases since the start of the pandemic.Then on Friday two prisoners and another four staff also tested positive. The prison also implemented "further controls including limiting other movement around the facility".
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