A video which appears to show prison officers gathered around a person with blood visible on the floor seen millions of times on X (formerly Twitter) wrongly claims to show a “recently imprisoned rioter” “severely slashed up in Strange Ways prison [sic]”.
The caption shared alongside the clip goes on to ask “why would judges send them to a Class A prison for tweeting or assault” and adds: “Blood is on the Prime Minister’s hands if this is true.”
Versions of this post, using the same clip and text, have also been shared on Facebook.
But there is no indication that anyone involved in the video had anything to do with the recent violent disorder seen across England and Northern Ireland.
A prison service spokesperson told Full Fact: “It is inaccurate…
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