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Official Reports: Strangeways

01 May 1991

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HMSO (1991) Prison Disturbances April 1990 (The Woolf Report) Cmd 1456 HMSO. The official report of the inquiry into the Strangeways disturbance published on 25 February 1991. The 600 page report analyses the reasons behind the disturbance and makes a series of recommendations for changing the prison system. Evidence of the Howard League for Penal Reform to Lord Justice Woolf's Inquiry into Prison Disturbances The Howard League (1990). NACRO (1990) Towards A Humane Prison System, NACRO Prison Reform Trust (1990) Submission to Phase 2 of the Woolf Inquiry into Prison Disturbances. Press At The Prison Gates, Booklet No 8, The Press Council, 1991. An in-depth and critical analysis of the role of the press in the Strangeways disturbance.

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