On the Out: Meet the ex-offenders helping former prisoners adjust to life after a stretch in Strangeways
Manchester’s ex-offenders are being offered a much-needed helping hand when it comes to re-adjusting to their freedom.
Life on the outside: Manchester ex-prisoners scheme up for national award
A Manchester-based ex-offenders scheme Gate Buddies has been shortlisted for a national award celebrating its high success rate in rehabilitating former prisoners.
Hunt for two men who tried to drag woman into car in Strangeways kidnap attempt
The hunt is on for two men following an attempted kidnapping in the Strangeways area of Manchester earlier this week.
Police seize thousands of copycat highs after probe into illegal drug trafficking into Strangeways prison
On Tuesday August 5, officers raided a store where they found a hoard of synthetic cannabinoids alongside pills and powders that have a similar effect to ecstasy. They also recovered £6,000 in cash
More than 600 prisoners forced to share one-man cells in Manchester’s Strangeways in overcrowding blunder
Nearly 20,000 UK prisoners live in cramped rooms
Manchester police killer Dale Cregan on hunger strike after complaining of isolation and living too far from family
Cregan is serving a whole life sentence for his killing spree
One-eyed cop killer Dale Cregan changes plea to ‘guilty’ over murders of father and son David and Mark Short
Cregan admits to Manchester pub shooting
Dale Cregan’s not guilty pleas ‘bizarre’ in face of evidence against cop killer, prosecution tells jury
Cregan is said to have admitted murders ‘numerous times’
The ‘ultimate price to pay’? Capital punishment around the world and debate over UK death penalty return
Japan executed three people last week