Strangeways Prison siege
- Title
- Strangeways Prison siege
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
- TX Date
- 4 Apr 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:01:55
- Description
- Report on the ongoing siege of Strangeways Prison in Manchester which began due to inmates’ treatment by the authorities. 46-year-old David White, awaiting trial for sex offences, was confirmed as dead after being treated for head and chest injuries. Speakers are Prison Officers Association branch chairman for Strangeways Ivor Searle and Home Office spokesman Charles Keseru. James Bays reports from outside the jail with shouting heard in background.
- Contributors
- James Bays; Charles Keseru; Ivor Searle
- Keywords
- Deaths; Prisons; Manchester; Riots; Sieges; Prisoners; Strangeways Prison; Derek White
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