1990 Strangeways Prison riot April, and 40 prisoners held a prison officer hostage for twenty-four hours after taking over a hall at HM Prison Shotts on 10 April. On 12 April, two teenage remand prisoners at HM Prison Swansea barricaded themselves into their cell for seventeen hours, and on 22 April between 80 and 100 remand prisoners staged an eighteen-hour rooftop protest at HM Prison Ashfield in Pucklechurch. On 2 April newspapers reported a weekend of "anti-authority violence", as in addition to the Strangeways riot the Poll Tax Riot had occurred in London on 31 March. Reports of the violence at Strangeways included kangaroo
April 25 Sports Club is but one of several sports clubs belonging to the Army's April 25 Sports Group. Other Army clubs affiliated with the April 25 Sports Group are Sobaeksu, Ch'ŏngch'ŏn'gang, Taedonggang, Chobyŏng, and Maebong. However, referring to "April 25" on its own is generally understood to refer to this team. The men's football team plays in the DPR Korea Premier Football League, and is the most successful club side in the country, having won 17 national championships. April 25's home stadium is the Yanggakdo Stadium, but in international club competition, home matches are usually played at the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium.