STRANGEWAYS
A British Inmate Protested on the Roof of a Prison for Almost Three Days
Convicted murderer Stuart Horner finally came down from the roof after being given some pizza and soda pop, but before he did, we spoke to the people "party-protesting" outside.
We Asked a Notorious UK Prison Rioter About the Guy Protesting on the Roof of a Jail in Manchester
There's currently a convicted murderer running around on the roof of HMP Strangeways, smashing things in protest. We talked to Alan Lord, who did the same in 1990, about his prison-rioting days.
Britain's Prisons Are on the Brink of Exploding
The UK's prisons are overcrowded, understaffed, and underfunded. And everyone from an ex-con to the former lord chief justice think they're close to boiling over.
Babies Behind Bars
One hundred babies are born in prisons in England and Wales each year, yet there's no universal standard for what prisons have to provide for pregnant women—in extreme cases, some have been left to clean their cell after miscarrying.
Unseen Photos of One of England's Most Notorious Prisons
Chris Steele-Perkins's pictures of Manchester's Strangeways prison from 1980 reveal a slice of the UK's criminal underworld.