Government plans redevelopment of Strangeways

Title
Government plans redevelopment of Strangeways
Genre
Interview
TX Date
17 May 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:03:42
Description
The Government has announced plans for the redevelopment of riot-torn Strangeways prison, at a cost of sixty million pounds. The aim is to modernise the Victorian jail that was badly damaged when it was stormed by inmates, and to provide places for nearly a thousand prisoners within three years. The decision was announced by Home Office Prisons Minister David Mellor. He tells Kevin Murphy that the modernisation is in no way an admission that the rioters’ complaints of bad conditions at Strangeways were justified.
Contributors
David Mellor; Kevin Murphy
Keywords
Government; Prisons; Manchester; Riots; Prisoners; Strangeways Prison; AM Breakfast

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