In 1990 Strangeways was the prison which hosted the largest prison riot in the UK. The riot started in the chapel where the chaplain Noel Proctor tried to calm us inmates down without success. In the ninties Barlinie prison in Glasgow hosted a riot scene for the ITV series The Chief starring Tim Piggot Smith. We lags were paid £50 to riot. A prisoners idea of heaven plus being paid for it

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