LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Last few inmates hold out in Strangeways Prison siege

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

5 Apr 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Report on the last remaining inmates holding out at Strangeways Prison and the continuing negotiations to end the 5-day siege. Speakers are Prison Officers Association branch chairman for Strangeways, Ivor Searle; independent witness and solicitor, Barry Cartle; Senior Prison Governor, Ian Lockwood; Sandra Williams, mother of an inmate still in the jail. James Bays reports from Manchester.

Contributors

James Bays; Ian Lockwood; Ivor Searle; Barry Cartle

Keywords

Prisons; Manchester; Riots; Sieges; Prisoners; Strangeways Prison

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