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divdiv class=story-body readability=14 span class=story-date#13; span class=date2 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time15:32 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introductionAn incident involving about 40 inmates has been resolved at Maidstone prison in Kent, the Prison Service has said./p#13; pA spokeswoman said the situation was resolved at 18:30 GMT with no injuries to staff or prisoners./p#13; pEarlier reports had suggested that up to 180 prisoners were involved. /p#13; pMaidstone is a Category C men's jail with prisoners including sex offenders and foreign nationals with more than 18 months left to serve on their sentence./p#13; pA spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance Service said it was informed about the incident at 16:00 and had sent two vehicles to the prison in a supportive capacity./p#13; pThe vehicles were hazardous area response teams. /p#13; pKent Fire and Rescue service had been on standby at the scene./p#13; pPrison Officers Association vice-chairman Ralph Valerio earlier told Sky News there were no prison officers located in the part of the jail where the incident took place./p#13; pCategory C prisons are for inmates who cannot be trusted in open conditions but who are unlikely to try to escape./p#13; pMaidstone, with an prisoner population of about 600, is a training prison that predominantly houses sex offenders from Kent and Sussex./p#13; pThe jail has a small number of foreign prisoners and works with the UK Border Agency./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center