Well... welll. Narey has revealled that David Blunkett as Home Secretary panicked and ordered, seriously it appears, that prison officers and prisoners lives should be sacrificed to make him look tough, which is how I read this story in today's Times (17 Oct 06)... by sending in the pongos to quell a riot using machine guns! The mind boggles.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2406728,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-2406728,00.html