The World - News from May 2, 1986
Prison guards in Britain called off a labor protest that sparked a night of rioting and arson at 18 prisons. About a dozen of the 40 convicts who escaped from one prison amid the turmoil remained at large. The disturbances erupted after prison officials cut back inmates’ privileges because guards refused to work overtime at 134 prisons in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The guards ended their protest on the advice of their union to allow “constructive talks” to begin.
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