There’s a crisis at Strangeways, but we might not know the half of it
The Independent Monitoring Board has failed to produce reports on HMP Manchester for each of the last three…
The seven new neighbourhoods proposed in Strangeways masterplan – and what will happen to prison
The site of HMP Manchester ‘offers a truly transformational opportunity to create a new city quarter’Strangeways(Image: Manchester Evening…
Tragedy of Strangeways prisoner locked in cell 23 hours a day and not let out to eat
The 35-year-old revealed what life in the Manchester prison was really like before marking ‘my last day’ on…
It’s a sacred piece of Manchester, now it will become a massive part of the city’s future
Boddingtons Brewery is a symbol of the city. 16:23, 12 Sep 2025Updated 17:08, 12 Sep 2025 Brewery Gardens,…
Manchester city centre set to expand into six new areas as council redraws map
But there will be an island of non-city centre specificallyNotably, the plan cannot cover parts of the existing…
The female serial killer who poisoned her family and love rival neighbour
Mary Ann Britland, 38, was the first woman ever to be hanged at Strangeways PrisonMary Ann Britland was…
The ‘escalating crisis behind closed doors’ in our prisons
‘Shocking’ rise in prison deaths with tragedies at Strangeways and Forest Bank 06:34, 19 May 2025Updated 06:47, 19…
Prison officer suffers ‘slash’ injuries in Strangeways attack
Police are set to launch an investigation – it’s the latest in a series of recent attacks on…
Murderer scrolled Snapchat behind bars with ‘fearsome’ knife in his trousers
Rishon Florant was caught red-handed by prison officers at Strangeways jail 16:26, 14 May 2025Updated 17:29, 14 May…
Is this the end of the road for Strangeways Prison?
Strangeways’ tower has loomed over Bury New Road for 157 years, a stark 71-metre reminder to Mancunians that…