The riot at Strangeways in Manchester 25 years ago was the longest running disturbance in the British prison service's history. Today, the prison population is double what it was at the time of the ...
The notorious Strangeways prison has been put into emergency measures after standards of safety and hygiene were found to have collapsed, leaving the jail “fundamentally unsafe” for both prisoners and ...
Concerns over the preservation of heritage are hampering a bid to prevent drone drops and increase security at Manchester's Strangeways prison, it has been claimed. HMP Manchester - a brick-built ...
A prisoner who refused to stop taking drugs told staff inside Strangeways before his death: "Everyone has a time to go and if mine is here, then so be it." Paul Deville was also found with five litres ...
Prison bosses have launched an investigation after an inmate managed to stage a 12-hour protest on the roof of HMP Manchester. The building, still known to many by its former name Strangeways, is one ...
About 20 years ago, two business partners were counting bricks of drugs and money in an empty bar on Fitzhugh Avenue. Two officers from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission walked into the run-down ...
In Prison (1957) is a BBC documentary examining daily life inside HMP Strangeways Prison in Manchester. Filmed within the institution, the film observes prisoners and officials as part of a closed ...