Five inmates die in seven weeks at HMP Birmingham run by G4S

Four inmates were found dead at HMP Birmingham in March.Five inmates have died in the space of seven weeks at Birmingham’s outsourced prison, the latest of them allegedly killing himself in a week in which both the Prison Officers Association and the Howard League for Penal Reform have warned of a prison system in crisis.Marcus McGuire, 35, was found dead in his cell on HMP Birmingham’s D-wing at around 9am on Tuesday, the Birmingham Mail reported.