'Drugs fuelling violence and serious issues in jails' - prisons boss

Michael Spurr was speaking to Sky News after a 12-hour riot involving up to 600 inmates at HMP Birmingham that saw staff losing control of four wings at the prison. The Ministry of Justice has said it is moving 240 inmates out the jail and that additional staff have been brought in to maintain calm. Mr Spurr, the head of the National Offender Management Service, which runs the prisons and probation service in England and Wales, admitted many prisons are facing problems and th