UNBELIEVABLE: Hmp manchester - The Untold Story

‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notification

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13

Police destroy hundreds of mobile phones and SIM cards found inside UK prison

Police have destroyed hundreds of mobile phones and SIM cards found inside HMP Manchester.

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025

Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case – now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025

Strangeways protester, 'seasoned' drug dealer and stalker: The criminals put behind bars

Joe Outlaw, who staged a 12 hour rooftop protest at HMP Manchester, was one of those sentenced

Manchester Evening News · Apr 15, 2023

The Mancunian Way: TikToking from Strangeways in a dressing gown

Why did an inmate scale the roof of Strangeways and stay there for 12 hours?

Manchester Evening News · Apr 13, 2023

Manchester council wants to SHUT Strangeways prison and move it out of city

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester town hall chiefs have written to the Ministry of Justice about HMP Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Dec 2, 2022

The tower is crumbling and is a 'danger to staff' and prisoners say they felt safer during Covid: Inside Strangeways this year

On the positive side, the prison's gym service has been offering badminton, football, classes for elderly, spin classes and tennis, as well as 'excellent equipment'.

Manchester Evening News · Sep 11, 2022

Murder suspect accused of killing Crufts dog breeder dies in Strangeways prison

Alex Verdu Munoz, 26, was on remand at HMP Manchester awaiting trial

Manchester Evening News · Jun 2, 2022

"I'm not proud of what I did": The moment a prison officer 'lost his rag' with an inmate at dinner time in Strangeways

Neil Samworth's raw account of life behind bars in his second book about HMP Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Apr 10, 2022

Notorious gangster 'slashed in the neck' in Strangeways prison

Prison bosses confirmed the incident at HMP Manchester involving a Liverpool criminal

Manchester Evening News · Feb 1, 2022