Strangeways Prison siege
- Title
- Strangeways Prison siege
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 13 Apr 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:07
- Description
- James Matthews reports on Day Thirteen of a siege at Strangeways Prison, Manchester. Two prisoners surrended after relatives were allowed inside the jail but the alleged ringleader, Paul Taylor, refused to give himself up. Interview with negotiator, Ian Lockwood; brief comment by unidentified female relative.
- Contributors
- James Matthews; Ian Lockwood
- Keywords
- Prisons; Demonstrations; Manchester; Riots; Sieges; Prisoners; Strangeways Prison; Paul Taylor
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