Strangeways 'locked down' with prisoners returned to their cells after inmate got onto roof

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A Strangeways prisoner who spent 12 hours protesting on the roof of the high security jail was among those jailed this week. Joe Outlaw eventually came down from the roof at about 4am on Thursday morning after spending the night protesting against a controversial punishment which he is currently subject to.

Down the years, the roof of Strangeways prison has been the stage for compelling drama that most rational folk would probably dismiss as outrageously far-fetched if they'd seen such crazy storylines unfold in a TV fiction.

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The prisoner who staged a 12-hour overnight protest on the roof of Strangeways has caused more than £50,000-worth of damage at other jails, a court heard.

A man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a van flipped onto its roof on a motorway.

The Strangeways prisoner who staged a 12-hour protest on the roof of HMP Manchester last night was handed a further jail term for criminal damage to another prison cell this morning.

Video has captured the moment an inmate climbed onto the roof of Strangeways prison in Manchester.

Emergency services have rushed to a notorious UK prison, after an inmate was spotted climbing onto the roof of the high security jail.

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