HM Prison Birmingham was described by one source as the worst prison disturbance in a B category prison in the United Kingdom since the 1990 Strangeways Prison riot. The Birmingham riot caused about £2 million worth of damage.<ref name="bbc21/12/2016">HMP Birmingham riot repairs 'will cost £2m'</ref> This is the third serious incident within under two months, Riots previously happened at Bedford Prison and Lewes Prison and a subsequent riot happened at Swaleside Prison. After the riot inspectors found violence and illegal drug use were still problematic. Some prisoners felt unsafe. Prison wings damaged during the riot were not reopened until April 2017. There was
Apodaca prison riot March 2011, 3 high-profile inmates escaped from a prison. On 2 January 2012, the same prison experienced the jailbreak of 4 inmates. In Veracruz, a total of 32 inmates escaped from three prisons on 19 September 2011. On 27 November 2011, in San Pedro Cholula, Puebla, 11 inmates escaped from a federal prison. On 9 December 2006 in the resort city of Cancún, 80 inmates escaped from a prison after a prison riot; 63 of them were captured. On 28 April 2012 in Calera, Zacatecas, 10 inmates escaped from a prison. According to "CNN", more than 400 prison inmates escaped