Daily Star - Riot in Roumih prison

Security Forces succeed at around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday in containing riots inside Lebanon's largest prison. Around 100 inmates rioted in Building Three of the Roumieh prison to demanded reduced sentences, a security source told The Daily Star. "A number of inmates at Roumieh prison began rioting this evening, burning mattresses and other items to press their demands for reduced sentences," the source said.
According to the source, around 25 inmates were wounded during the riots. Eight prisoners who sustained third-degree burns were rushed to a nearby hospital, while seven others suffered from smoke inhalation.
The source said inmates involved in the riots were likely to be subject to "strict sanctions," adding that security reinforcements had been sent to the prison 8 kilometers northeast of the capital Beirut.
The same prison was the scene of a mutiny in April last year in which seven guards were held hostage before a peaceful resolution was negotiated.
The prison compound houses four high-profile detainees - former generals held in connection with the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, as well as members of the Al-Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam militant group.
A riot also broke out at the Qubbah prison in the main northern coastal city of Tripoli in January with inmates holding two guards hostage overnight.