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Prisoners smashed windows at HM Prison Verne on 9 April, and forty prisoners held a prison officer hostage for twenty-four hours after taking over a hall at HM Prison Shotts on 10 April. [54]
Sep 3, 2019 · It ended on September 3rd peacefully, two thirds of the prison were destroyed and estimated at nearly £4 million for repairs. The prison was closed for a year while repairs were carried out.
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...
Apr 12, 2020 · At HM Prison Dartmoor, over a 100 inmates laid waste to a prison wing while 12 prisoners protested on the roof of another, unfurling a banner that read “Strangeways, we are with you.”
- Ramazani Mwamba
Oct 12, 2024 · Despite a re-build following the infamous riots of 1990, Strangeways prison remains a crumbling Victorian monument to a grim past showing all its 156 years. No wonder the council wants it...
Mar 19, 2015 · The prison hospital was evacuated and phone lines cut. Fires were started by inmates, while others wanting to escape were kept in holding locations until transport arrived to take them to other...
The riot at Strangeways turned into a siege lasting 25 days - the longest in British penal history. Early reports of high casualties proved unfounded. Two men died - one prisoner, and a...
