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The 1990 Strangeways Prison riot was a 25-day prison riot and rooftop protest at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. 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.
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...
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Apr 14, 2023 · The riots began on April 1 when prisoners took control of the prison chapel, and the disorder quickly spread throughout most of the prison. The riots and subsequent rooftop protest ended on April...
Oct 23, 2024 · Despite more prisoners surrendering at Strangeways and the authorities using pyrotechnics, loud music and water hoses to disorientate the roof top protestors, the riot, which had become a public spectacle on Bury New Road, lasted until 25th April – over three weeks and the longest riot in British prison history.
Apr 1, 2016 · The riot ringleaders took over HMP Manchester and staged a rooftop protest, tearing away tiles and hurling them at police and prison officers below.
The Strangeways prison riot lasted the longest in British penal history and carved changed the way UK prisons were run. Twenty-five years on, four people at ...
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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.
