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The Latest Breaking News from Strangeways

Prison service issues statement after inmate climbs on roof of Strangeways - what we know so far

Specialist negotiators are at the scene along with police officers and paramedics

Manchester Evening News · Apr 12, 2023

Inmate climbs onto roof of notorious UK prison in standoff with police

An inmate can still be seen on top of Strangeways prison in Manchester, standing on a sliding roof, where he has been for six hours as police negotiators attempt to bring him down

Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Feeding frenzy

The ‘unique’ Manchester rental market PLUS Don’t forget your voter ID AND The café in the shadow of Strangeways

Manchester Evening News · Mar 30, 2023

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The café in the shadow of Strangeways where only one thing matters

The food here is good. So very, very good

Manchester Evening News · Mar 26, 2023

Outrage over school that parents claim has 'more rules than Strangeways' as pupils queue outside

"It is like a military operation"

Manchester Evening News · Feb 28, 2023

Post appears on Strangeways prisoner's Instagram account days after he's jailed for shooting girl in the neck

Rio Jones was jailed for 16 and a half years last week

Manchester Evening News · Jan 19, 2023

Strangeways prison guards were 'drunken bullies' who wore National Front badges, ex-inmates claim

A new documentary has alleged a culture of boozing, violence and racism among some guards during the 1970s and 80s

Manchester Evening News · Jan 14, 2023

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The most notorious prisoners ever to serve time at Strangeways revealed as prison's future in question

Late last year it was revealed that Manchester city council had approached the government about the prospect of Strangeways prison being closed and relocated out of Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Jan 7, 2023

New ITV documentary to delve into Strangeways' grim history including 1990 riots and Ian Brady era

The Manchester prison will feature in a two part series about Britain's Notorious Prisons

Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023

Corrie's Jodie Prenger performed at notorious prison and had jail cell as dressing room

Jodie Prenger - who plays Glenda Shuttleworth on Coronation Street - has spoken about her career in a recent interview, including her discussing having performed at Strangeways Prison

Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022

How a full English breakfast helped police catch tragic hairdresser's obsessed killer

Glynn Williams was a key figure in the 1990 Strangeways riot, but 25 years later he committed an act of shocking violence

Manchester Evening News · Dec 26, 2022

From a murder at Strangeways to a poisoning at a workhouse: Manchester's horrible Christmas histories

A historian has unearthed some of the city's most grisly Christmas tales

Manchester Evening News · Dec 25, 2022

Suspected murderer dies in Strangeways after beloved wife stabbed to death on driveway with her hands bound

The suspect, Argentinian national Alex Verdu Munoz, died just three months in prison after the killing

Manchester Evening News · Dec 14, 2022

The Mancunian Way: Strangeways, off you pop

A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours - Manchester Council Strangeways prison out of city

Manchester Evening News · Dec 3, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022

Eric Allison, Guardian’s prison correspondent, dies at 79

Former inmate, who claimed to be only man to escape from Strangeways, joined paper at 60 and worked to expose cruelty of prison system

Manchester Evening News · Nov 2, 2022

Police arrest two men after uncovering axe and machete in uninsured car near Strangeways

A concerned member of the public saw a group of 'suspicious' men putting the weapons in the boot of the VW Golf

Manchester Evening News · Oct 25, 2022

Manchester's Counterfeit Street to be bulldozed as new Chief Constable orders radical action

"We will go after their assets, we will take their cars off them, we will take their buildings off them."

Manchester Evening News · Sep 21, 2022

Strangeways prisoner who died in cell may have survived if staff had responded faster, inquest hears

Paul Johnstone, 37, who had a long history of drug misuse, was found unconscious in his cell

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Manchester Evening News · Sep 11, 2022

The tower is crumbling and is a 'danger to staff' and prisoners say they felt safer during Covid: Inside Strangeways this year

On the positive side, the prison's gym service has been offering badminton, football, classes for elderly, spin classes and tennis, as well as 'excellent equipment'.

Manchester Evening News · Sep 8, 2022

Strangeways prisoner died after being found unconscious in cell by inmate, inquest hears

Paul Johnstone, 37, was lying on the top bunkbed when a 'code blue' alarm was raised

Manchester Evening News · Aug 11, 2022

Strangeways staff member arrested by anti-corruption police as part of investigation into supply of drugs into prison

The staff member, from Radcliffe, has been temporarily suspended from her duties

Manchester Evening News · Jun 14, 2022

Strangeways lockdown ends after 'intelligence-led operation' sees prisoners confined to cells for days

A lockdown was imposed at the jail for a number of days last week due to a 'crack down on illegal contraband'

Daily Mirror · Jun 9, 2022

Strangeways prison week-long LOCKDOWN as cons held in cells amid 'intelligence operation'

HMP Manchester has forbidden prisoners from leaving their cells under any circumstances meaning they have been unable to exercise, eat away from their beds or even shower

Daily Record · Jun 9, 2022

Notorious Strangeways prison on lockdown amid claims inmates not allowed to shower or exercise

It is understood prisoners have been confined to their cells since June 6, with families also prohibited from visiting their loved ones until June 10.

Manchester Evening News · Jun 9, 2022

Strangeways bosses explain reason for lockdown at prison as inmates confined to cells all week

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed the lockdown is due to an 'intelligence-led operation'

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