Strangeways Riots: 20 Years On

On April 1st 1990 inmates at Strangeways Prison took control and protested for 25 days. 147 prison officers and 47 prisoners were injured and the cost of repairs came to a massive £55 million. 20 years after the UK's worst prison riot kicked off, KEY 103 looks back on what went on. We speak to the main players involved and look at the damage that was caused. Check out our video and audio reports as well as the interactive map of the prison.

We hear from the riot ringleader Paul Taylor, the prison chaplain Rev Noel Proctor and Brendan O'Friel, the governor of Strangeways at the time. Also we have exclusive audio footage from the chapel when the riot broke out....

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Click here for our interactive map of Strangeways after the riot with exclusive video and audio as well as photos from the inside!

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The Strangeways prison riot may have happened 20 years ago but the story is still being told today. This month local theatre company Fink On Theatre are putting on 'Crying In The Chapel' a play about the infamous riots to help paint a bigger picture of what happened.

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As all hell broke out in the prison news quickly spread that something major was going on. Check out our audio slideshow here where you can listen to our news bulletins at the time and see what the national papers had to say.

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