The Independent Monitoring Board has failed to produce reports on HMP Manchester for each of the last three years, but ...

A convicted murderer is staging a one-man protest on a British prison’s roof — a rebellion that’s lasted more than 24 hours and has included public revelries and fireworks, video taken below shows. A ...

Thirty-five years ago today, there were rumblings of serious discontent deep in the bowels of Strangeways prison. Staff were being warned of notes and messages being passed between increasingly ...

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says Strangeways prison is "out of date" Strangeways prison should be relocated from its current "out of date" city-centre location, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy ...

A new damning report has revealed how staff, prisoners and even inspectors are not safe at Strangeways Prison. The report, published by the Independent Monitoring Board, claims reductions in staff at ...

Inexperienced staff are being 'manipulated' and 'ignored' by inmates at Strangeways, posing a threat to national security, a damning new report has revealed. It comes amid concerns about 'uncontrolled ...

An inmate at Strangeways prison took his own life after telling his loved-ones he only allowed out of his cell for 90 minutes every day, a newly-published report has revealed. Lee Gorst was found ...

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Strangeways prison should be relocated from its current "out of date" city-centre location, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said. Manchester's political leaders and the Ministry of Justice ...