Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf
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Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf is a British life peer and retired barrister and judge. He was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 200
Woolf in 2020
Strangeways Prison riot
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The 1990 Strangeways Prison riot was a 25-day prison riot and rooftop protest at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. The riot began on 1 April 1990 when prisoners took control of the prison cha
Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf
…1986. Lord Justice Woolf was appointed to hold a five-month public inquiry with Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim, into the disturbances at Strangeways prison, Manchester and other prisons between 11 June on 31 October 1990. His inquiry sent letters to every prisoner and prison officer in the country. The…
Prisoners protesting on the badly damaged roof of the prison. Paul Taylor is in the centre with his arms outstretched.
Damage caused to B wing of the prison
The last five prisoners descend from the roof in a "cherry picker": Mark Williams, John Murray, Paul Taylor, Martin Brian and Glyn Williams.
HM Prison Manchester in 2007