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The riot began on 1 April 1990 when prisoners took control of the prison chapel, and quickly spread throughout most of the prison. The incident ended on 25 April when the final five prisoners were removed from the rooftop. One prisoner was killed during the riot, and 147 prison officers and 47 prisoners were injured.
Mar 23, 2015 · On Sunday 1 April 1990, about 300 inmates filled the Strangeways prison chapel, where they listened to a Church of England sermon. One prisoner, Paul Taylor, interrupted proceedings by shouting...
Mar 19, 2015 · They attacked officers, stole the prison keys, broke through the chapel ceiling and unlocked cells. By 11.06am, they were on the roof. There were four governors and 171 uniformed staff on...
Mar 18, 2015 · Twenty-five years ago, staff at Strangeways Prison were being warned of notes and messages being passed between inmates of a planned protest in the prison chapel.
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
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.
Jun 18, 2015 · The prison (and the increasing number of brutalising, public and private, satellite institutions that have emerged since 1990), remains a place for the delivery of punishment and pain for the dispossessed and powerless.
