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Apr 12, 2020 · On 1 April 1990 the Strangeways riots brought Greater Manchester to a standstill. The riots claimed the life of one inmate and one prison officer and saw a total of 147 staff and 47 prisoners...
- Ramazani Mwamba
Jun 16, 2022 · The 1990 Strangeways riot saw prisoners actively regulate prisons, with significant institutional consequences but dire personal and social costs. One prisoner died and 147 prison officers and 47 inmates were injured.
Apr 12, 2020 · The violent, at times terrifying disorder featured attacks, rooftop stand-offs between prisoners and prison officers and sparked similar protests in prisons across the nation.
- Ramazani Mwamba
Apr 26, 2020 · This weekend marks the final day of the longest protest in British penal history – a 25-day prison riot that echoed the rebelliousness of the city from which its dissidents were barred. When the spring of 1990 rolled around, inmates had grown sick of the Victorian conditions at Strangeways.
Apr 21, 2022 · In 1990, the inmates of Strangeways prison began the longest riot in British penal history. Once revered as a “last bastion of discipline,” the prison stood as the largest penitentiary in England, holding around 900 men at full capacity.
1 day ago · Troy Weeks, 38, of Greenville, New York, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras. Weeks previously pleaded guilty to two felony charges, including civil disorder and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
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Jun 18, 2015 · Lasting 25 days, the demonstration at Strangeways prison in Manchester, in April 1990, remains the longest, and most seismic disturbance in British prison history. The demonstration came on the back of a series of interlocking crises that had gripped the prison system throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
