Strangeways governor promoted

Title

Strangeways governor promoted

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Jun 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:06

Description

Interview with Strangeways Prison Governor, Brendan O’Friel, who has just been promoted following the Strangeways siege. He speculates on the future of Strangeways; local MP, Bob Litherland believes the promotion was designed to get rid of O’Friel, which O’Friel says is nonsense. Andy Mitchell reports. Broadcast on Piccadilly Radio.

Contributors

Piccadilly Radio; Andy Mitchell; Brendan O’Friel; Robert Litherland

Keywords

Prisons; Riots; Sieges; Prisoners; Management; Strangeways Prison; Brendan O’Friel

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