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Talk given to the After Strangeways webinar
To understand where we’re going, it’s helpful to understand where we’ve come from.
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Strangeways 1990: A serious disturbance
‘It went off in the chapel on the morning of April Fools’ Day, 1990. It was no joke though. There were serious grievances at Strangeways.’
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After Strangeways webinars. Download the flyer
Between 22 and 26 February, we will be holding five webinars over five days discussing the past, present and future of prisons.
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Woolf report anniversary conference
February 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of the Woolf report into the Strangeways prison protest; the longest and most significant prison protest in British prison history.
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25 days in April: Part 2 Strangeways podcast out now
Listen to the second part of our two-part podcast produced by National Prison Radio on the Strangeways protests and the past, present and future of prisons.
Part two examines the legacy of the Strangeways protests and the role of prisons and imprisonment since. Produced by National Prison Radio and with support from the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, the podcasts situate the protests within the wider context of the state of prisons in the...
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25 days in April: David Nolan
David Nolan, a young journalist at the time of the Strangeways protests, gives his eye-witness account of the disturbances.
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25 days in April: Professor Joe Sim
Listen to Professor Joe Sim on the wider context within with the Strangeways protests happened.
Last week, we released the first of a two-part podcast documentary on Strangeways, the past, present and future of prisons, with National Prison Radio. In this clip, Professor Joe Sim highlights the Strangeways protest as one of many disturbances during this period of British penal history....
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25 days in April: Part 1 Strangeways podcast out now
Listen to the first part of our two-part podcast produced by National Prison Radio on the Strangeways protests and the past, present and future of prisons.
"The Disturbance" is the first part of a two-part podcast documenting the Strangeways protests, their causes and aftermath. Produced by National Prison Radio and with support from the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, the podcasts situate the protests within the wider context of the state of...
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Strangeways anniversary
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Strangeways protests.
We were due to hold a conference, After Strangeways: The Past, Present and Future of Prisons, at King's College London to commemorate the longest prison protest in British history.
Although our event has been postponed due to the public health crisis, we have...
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Conference cancellation: After Strangeways
We are sorry to announce that, due to ongoing concerns relating to coronavirus, the planned conference on 1 April, marking the 30th anniversary of the Strangeways prison protest, has been cancelled.
We are hoping to organise an equivalent event at some point. Given how unpredictable the situation currently is, we are not making any firm plans at this stage.
We will be announcing our future plans for conferences and events via our eBulletin. If you do not currently subscribe, you can...
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Race, class and the scandal of school exclusions
Our prisons are awful places.
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Before Strangeways: A look at life before the protests
Before the Strangeways protests in 1990, documentary filmmaker Rex Bloomstein created the series, Strangeways.
Broadcast in 1980, Strangeways explored daily life in the Manchester prison before the protests, showing the public what life was like for those imprisoned.
Rex Bloomstein is a speaker at our upcoming conference,...