THE riots which destroyed most of Strangeways in 1990 are known as some of the worst in British history. The prison has since been renamed after a major rebuild and reopening. This is what we know ...

One thing was certain: the majority of the noisy, excited crowd gazing up at the roof had not been born the last time a show of this kind came to Bury New Road. But when the Guardian visited the scene ...

These eerie images offer a glimpse into life in Manchester's Strangeways decades ago. Still known by its former name 'Strangeways,' HMP Manchester is one of the country's largest high security, ...

Strangeways’ tower has loomed over Bury New Road for 157 years, a stark 71-metre reminder to Mancunians that some of Britain’s worst criminals are right on the city centre’s doorstep. But the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Manchester Evening News Thirty-five years ago today, there were rumblings of serious discontent deep in the bowels of ...

Manchester prison officers tell of staffing issues and long periods in cells at time of Stuart Horner’s 60-hour protest Prison staff have revealed they shared concerns about conditions at HMP ...

The Strangeways riot was the longest in British penal history and changed the way prisons were run in the UK. Twenty-five years on, we look back on the 25-day unrest through the stories of the people ...

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says Strangeways prison is "out of date" Strangeways prison should be relocated from its current "out of date" city-centre location, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy ...

Harmondsworth immigration detention centre has seen hunger strikes in recent weeks. Tim Ockenden/PA Immigration centres are, of course, not the same as prisons. But as we mark 25 years since the ...