Prisoners at the Dartmoor prison in southwest England were planning to riot on Monday as a protest against not being able to watch the England versus France Euro 2004 match.
Prison staff rounded up the ringleaders and put them in a separate block where no TVs or radios are allowed and then installed televisions for the other inmates. The television installation was already planned as a part of a humanity agenda.
A senior official was quoted as saying "In no way did the prison bow to any sort of blackmail. The ringleaders of the planned riot were all identified in the segregation unit. Their plan backfired because they could not see or listen to the game."