Here's one from the US in 1971
DC/RFK stadium in washington dc
libcom.org...
But all the planning and organization counted for little in the face of the government's sweep arrests. More than 7,000 people were caught in the dragnet that first day. Never before or since have there been that many arrests in the United States on a single day. (Another 6,000 were arrested over three more days, most of them for blockading the Justice Department and the U.S. Capitol.) Many of the arrestees were ordinary people with no connection to the protest; they just happened to be where sweeps were taking place. Others were demonstrators who were arrested preemptively, without having committed any illegal acts. To transport the mass of prisoners, the police had to commandeer city buses; when even that wasn't enough, they hired Hertz and Avis rent-a-trucks.48
The city jail quickly filled, even though the police crammed as many as twenty people into two-person cells. Another 1500 were packed into the jail's recreation yard. That still left thousands of prisoners, whom the police herded into an outdoor practice field next to RFK Stadium. Conditions were awful, with next to no sanitary facilities, blankets, or food. One anarchist wag made a sign proclaiming the football field, without much overstatement, "Smash the State Concentration Camp #1." The government had made a major misstep, which cost it public sympathy. People who had strongly disapproved of the Mayday Tribe's shutdown plan were appalled by the flagrant violation of civil liberties, and upset to see the nation's capital turned into an overt police state.
came across it after reading this
Sir Peter Tapsell, the father of the House, asked [David] Cameron whether he remembered the US army "wow-nding up wioters" in DC stadium in 1971. Sir Peter was 31 at the time. Cameron was four, which might explain the rumbles of low laughter around the chamber at this point.
Using Wembley would certainly solve the prison overcrowding problem, that's for sure. "I want the Wembley stadium to be available for great sporting events," Cameron told Sir Peter, forgetting that many of the ruckuses surrounding these great sporting events often resemble riots themselves.
From India this past summer
Stadium turns prison and protest site
Aug 17 2011
Chhatrasal Stadium in Model Town turned into prison and protest site for well over a thousand people on Tuesday — those being ferried in police buses joined by enthusiastic others who showed up to be seen and heard in pouring rain.
A heavy police contingent allowed them to vent, and were seen urging several protesters to enter detention in the stadium in orderly queues. Protesters, including Delhi University students, came and went, and by evening, there were around 1,500 people inside, police sources said.
The first busload of protesters arrived at 9 am, picked up while protesting at Rajghat. As a steady stream of buses rolled past the heavily guarded gates after that, decibel levels inside the stadium rose steadily, protesters shouting “Vande Mataram” and “Inquilab Zindabad”.
Reporters were not allowed inside the stadium...
...By around 1 pm, a large crowd had gathered outside the gates of the stadium, drawn by TV reports of protesters being detained at the venue. However, most refused the police invitation to join their comrades inside the stadium. Sailesh Kumar, from Bihar, said, “If all of us give ourselves up, the movement will lose steam. Instead, we will block the road and make this our Jantar Mantar.”
As the afternoon progressed, police allowed protesters to stroll in and out of the stadium, after they had allowed themselves to be checked, and given their names and addresses. Protesters who were brought in from places like Rajghat, JP Park and Civil Lines, were, however, taken straight into the main stands and not allowed to come out...
From Tarouba, Trinidad
www.guardian.co.tt...
August 29, 2011
State of emergency detainees will likely be housed at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, which was started by the PNM administration, but has never been used...
...Speaking at the daily media briefing at the National Security Ministry in Port-of-Spain, Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs said the total number of people arrested since the seven-day exercise began stood at 684, including 267 on gang-related issues...
...he Attorney General said: “We’re winning this war on crime...on day seven of the state of emergency, we’re moving at the arrest rate of 100-plus per day, despite getting off to a slow start.” On the State’s capacity to hold those detained and arrested, Ramlogan said the Government had identified sites for detention facilities and was in the process of outfitting them. National Security Minister John Sandy said the sites could hold over 1,000 people and would be secured by police and army forces. Ramlogan said he had asked Housing Minister Roodal Moonilal to see if the Tarouba Stadium could be used to house detainees. Moonilal will report back shortly. Ramlogan said the stadium had also been meant to be a tsunami shelter...
...Initial assessment is that the stadium is a “very feasible” choice to house detainees. Several agencies including the army will assist in the final decision. Ramlogan said yesterday: “For those ‘visiting’ these (detention) facilities, we’ll be happy to accommodate you until you change your ways.”
from rwanda
Cyangugu prison, Kamarampaka stadium & memorial gravesite, Cyangugu
The prison (background), built for 2,000, now holds 6,200; the stadium (middle) was the site of 10,000 killed; the memorial site (foreground) holds the remains of thousands killed in the area.
