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One prisoner tells Sky's Tom Parmenter that the prison is a "disgrace" after he was stabbed in the stomach and "battered".
Finally walking out of prison and considering what freedom may bring.
For the latest inmates to leave HMP Birmingham it was just pure relief - checking out of Britain's worst jail means you might actually feel safer.
Some spoke to Sky News following the news that the Ministry of Justice is stepping in to take over the running of the prison after the government decided private contractor G4S could not cope
One man in his 40s, who greeted his wife outside the gates after 11 months inside, said he had applied to be classed as a "vulnerable prisoner" so that he could be segregated away from the violence.
It meant he was placed on a sex offenders wing even though he wasn't a sex offender.
"I've been stabbed four times whilst being in there," he said.
Life at HMP Birmingham: 'The prisoners are in control'
Finally walking out of prison and considering what freedom may bring.
For the latest inmates to leave HMP Birmingham it was just pure relief - checking out of Britain's worst jail means you might actually feel safer.
Some spoke to Sky News following the news that the Ministry of Justice is stepping in to take over the running of the prison after the government decided private contractor G4S could not cope
One man in his 40s, who greeted his wife outside the gates after 11 months inside, said he had applied to be classed as a "vulnerable prisoner" so that he could be segregated away from the violence.
It meant he was placed on a sex offenders wing even though he wasn't a sex offender.
"I've been stabbed four times whilst being in there," he said.
Life at HMP Birmingham: 'The prisoners are in control'