The narrative of the UK’s deadliest jail riot is retold in this documentary. Inmates seized control of Strangeways jail in Manchester in April 1990, beginning a 25-day siege. The uprising began as a ...

The events, minute by minute, of inmates seizing control of Strangeways prison in Manchester in April 1990. Under the eyes of the nation's press, the siege would last for 25 days.

Strangeways - a place of execution' is the intriguing title of the talk to be given at the next meeting of the Halliwell Local History Society ...