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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.
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.
James Corbitt, hanged at Strangeways Prison on 28 November 1950 for the murder of his ex-mistress. Corbitt was a regular at Pierrepoint's pub Help The Poor Struggler. James Ronald Robertson, was convicted of murdering Catherine McCluskey, with whom he was conducting an extramarital affair; he was hanged on 16 December 1950 at Barlinnie Prison.
[8] Louisa May Merrifield was the fourth and last woman to be executed at Strangeways Prison [20] [21] and the third to last woman to be hanged in the UK. [8] As was the practice, her body was buried in an unmarked grave alongside other executed felons within the prison walls of Strangeways. [19]
He hanged Russell Pascoe, one of the third-last prisoners to be hanged in a British prison, at Bristol's Horfield Prison on 17 December in the same year. He also performed one of the two final executions in the UK, when at 8.00 am on 13 August 1964 Gwynne Owen Evans was hanged at Strangeways Prison in Manchester for the murder of John Alan West .
The book was the basis for the BBC Radio Four documentary 'The Abuse Trial' broadcast in 2016. [9] The programme won Gold at the New York International Festival, [10] and also won a Rose d'Or. [11] In 2018 his first novel Black Moss was published, a crime fiction story set during the Strangeways prison riot in Manchester in 1990. [12]
After a failed escape attempt, Hanratty was transferred to Camp Hill Prison, Isle of Wight. He attempted to escape that facility as well, and was sent to Strangeways Prison, Manchester. Transferred briefly to Durham Prison, he was returned to Strangeways where, having served his full term, he was released in March 1961, aged 24.
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