Catalogue description Inquiry into Prison Disturbances (Woolf Inquiry): Records

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Reference: HO 370
Title: Inquiry into Prison Disturbances (Woolf Inquiry): Records
Description:

Transcripts of public hearings and seminars, and submissions from organizations and individuals relating to the inquiry into prison disturbances at HM Prison Manchester (Strangeways) and elsewhere in 1990.

The report of the inquiry (Cm 1456) was published in February 1991 and can be found in HO 370/1
Date: 1986-1992
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Inquiry into Prison Disturbances, 1990-1991
Physical description: 219 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

Ministry of Justice
Administrative / biographical background:

The Right Honourable Lord Justice Woolf was appointed by the Home Secretary on 5 April 1990 to conduct an inquiry following a serious disturbance at HM Prison Manchester (Strangeways). The Inquiry was independent of the Home Office and of the Prison Service, and the initial terms of reference were extended following serious disturbances at other prison establishments in England and Wales. His Honour Judge Tumin, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, joined the Inquiry on 27 July 1990.

The terms of reference were to inquire into the events leading up to the serious disturbance in Her Majesty's Prison Manchester which began on 1 April 1990 and the action taken to bring it to a conclusion, having regard also to the serious disturbances which occurred shortly thereafter in other prison establishments in England and Wales.

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