1990 Strangeways Prison riot with many excerpts from the letters being appended to the finished report. The "Woolf Report" was published on 25 February 1991, and blamed the loss of control of the prison on the prison officers abandoning the gates outside the chapel, which "effectively handed the prison to the prisoners". Woolf described the conditions inside Strangeways in the months leading up to the riot as "intolerable", and viewed a "combination of errors" by staff and management at the prison and Prison Service as a central contributing factor to the riot. He also blamed the failure of successive governments to "provide the resources
2013 Palmasola prison riot was the deadliest prison riot in Bolivian history. President Evo Morales ordered an investigation as relatives waited outside the prison to learn if loved ones were injured or killed. They angrily complained that guards had made no effort to save inmate lives, instead letting the injured die from their burns. The children living at the prison were evacuated after the fire. A list of the deceased had not been released as of August 24. More than 50 prisoners suspected as aggressors during the riot have been isolated pending questioning. The riot reportedly started as a battle over leadership and control