Prisoners riot at Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall

By Tammy Mills, Craig Butt, Tom Cowie and Liam Mannix
Updated July 1 2015 - 1:08am, first published 12:46am
Smoke seen from the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall. Photo: Pat Scala
Smoke seen from the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall. Photo: Pat Scala
Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG) members are seen outside the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall where inmates are reportedly rioting in response to a smoking ban that is due to come into effect on the 1st of July on June 30, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.  (Photo by Pat Scala/Fairfax Media) Photo: Pat Scala
Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG) members are seen outside the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall where inmates are reportedly rioting in response to a smoking ban that is due to come into effect on the 1st of July on June 30, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Pat Scala/Fairfax Media) Photo: Pat Scala

Heavily armed police used tear-gas to quell a riot at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Ravenhall, which forced Corrections Victoria to lock down the state's entire prison population amid concerns of further break-outs of violence.

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