A high security prison’s efforts to combat drug drones are being thwarted by heritage concerns over installing security ...

But the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands talks between city leaders and the Ministry of Justice are ongoing about potentially closing the Victorian-built jail. “It’s out of date to have a ...

It follows a a damning report and claims the skies over the high-security jail have been 'ceded to criminals' ...

A new damning report has revealed how staff, prisoners and even inspectors are not safe at Strangeways Prison. The report, published by the Independent Monitoring Board, claims reductions in staff at ...

A prisons watchdog has failed to produce required inspection reports into HMP Manchester for each of the last three years, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. It has led to a call for reform of ...

The events, minute by minute, of inmates seizing control of Strangeways prison in Manchester in April 1990. Under the eyes of the nation's press, the siege would last for 25 days.