THE riots which destroyed most of Strangeways in 1990 are known as some of the worst in British history. The prison has since been renamed after a major rebuild and reopening. This is what we know ...

DEEP in the bowels of Strangeways prison, unrest was stirring. It was 1990 and Britain was in turmoil as Thatcher’s government crumbled, with violent crime at a record high and the country’s ageing ...

These eerie images offer a glimpse into life in Manchester's Strangeways decades ago. Still known by its former name 'Strangeways,' HMP Manchester is one of the country's largest high security, ...

Strangeways’ tower has loomed over Bury New Road for 157 years, a stark 71-metre reminder to Mancunians that some of Britain’s worst criminals are right on the city centre’s doorstep. But the ...

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says Strangeways prison is "out of date" Strangeways prison should be relocated from its current "out of date" city-centre location, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy ...

The plans are being decided this week.

One thing was certain: the majority of the noisy, excited crowd gazing up at the roof had not been born the last time a show of this kind came to Bury New Road. But when the Guardian visited the scene ...

Manchester prison officers tell of staffing issues and long periods in cells at time of Stuart Horner’s 60-hour protest Prison staff have revealed they shared concerns about conditions at HMP ...

The Strangeways riot was the longest in British penal history and changed the way prisons were run in the UK. Twenty-five years on, we look back on the 25-day unrest through the stories of the people ...