1990 Strangeways Prison riot administrative offices on the lower floor and the chapel on the upper floor. Remand prisoners were held in wings G, H, I and K of a separate prison, linked to the main prison through workshops and a kitchen. The Certified Normal Accommodation Figure for Strangeways, the number of prisoners the prison was designed to hold, was 970. The population of the prison had increased in the months before the riot, from 1,417 in January 1990 to a peak of 1,658 on 27 March. On 1 April, the prison contained 1,647 prisoners – about 925 convicted adult prisoners, 500 remand prisoners
Attica Prison riot cases alters, the historic record. The film includes the final interview regarding Attica given by "NYT" reporter Tom Wicker (who was an observer/negotiator on the scene and author of "A Time to Die" about his experiences at Attica), Malcolm Bell, the special prosecutor turned whistle blower, Dr. Heather Thompson who is the nation's leading academic authority on the Attica prison uprising—as well as inmates, former hostages, law enforcement officers and others. Several other films reference the uprising: The incident is directly referenced in several songs: Attica Prison riot The Attica Prison uprising, also known as the Attica Prison rebellion or