Strangeways was 'locked down' after an inmate climbed onto the roof, the Manchester Evening News understands.
A prisoner at the high-security jail just outside Manchester city centre, officially known as HMP Manchester, clambered onto the roof and began a protest at around 4:30pm this evening (Wednesday) and at the time of writing has been up there for over six hours.
The M.E.N has now been told that immediately after the protest began a lockdown was initiated with all prisoners being returned to their cells, as is the procedure in such cases.
