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The 1990 Strangeways Prison riot was a 25-day prison riot and rooftop protest at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. The riot began on 1 April 1990 when prisoners took control of the prison chapel, and quickly spread throughout most of the prison. The incident ended on 25 April when the final five prisoners were removed from the rooftop.
HM Prison Manchester is a Category A and B men's prison in Manchester, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.It is still commonly referred to as Strangeways, which was its former official name derived from the area in which it is located, until it was rebuilt following a major riot in 1990.
On 8 August, a further 21 people received prison sentences for their roles in the riots. [247] Among those sentenced on 9 August was a 28-year-old man from Leeds, who received 20 months in prison for stirring up racial hatred online during the riots, after making a Facebook post stating that people should "smash the fuck" out of a hotel used by ...
A prison riot is an act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against the prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners.. Academic studies of prison riots emphasize a connection between prison conditions (such as prison overcrowding) and riots, [1] [2] [3] or discuss the dynamics of the modern prison riot.
It was a particularly hot day in Pontiac. At the prison, a riot would break out involving more than 1,000 inmate. Three men — Lt. William Thomas, Correctional Officer Stanley Cole and ...
Aug. 25—Nathan Cashman, who was killed in a gruesome machete attack at a Bedford hotel Saturday night, won early release from state prison less than three weeks before his death. The 28-year-old ...
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Oct. 26—A Manchester man has been sentenced to nearly 3 years in federal prison for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, after posting videos of himself carrying a handgun on ...