Life in Strangeways: From Riots to Redemption- Alan Lord, Anita Armstrong
Life in Strangeways: From Riots to Redemption- Alan Lord, Anita Armstrong A key player in the worst prison riot in British history at Strangeways Prison in April 1990, Alan Lord was always in the…
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Life in Strangeways: From Riots to Redemption- Alan Lord, Anita Armstrong
A key player in the worst prison riot in British history at Strangeways Prison in April 1990, Alan Lord was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. After experiencing a troubled childhood during which Alan was in and out of children s homes after being put into care at the tender age of 18 months old Alan was a teenager in 1981 when he was sentenced to life in prison for murder during a robbery that had gone badly wrong. He was drawn to trouble like water to a sponge.
This book tells the truth of what goes on behind prison walls and exposes the level of inhumane treatment and brutality that Alan had to endure throughout his 32 year journey, during which he never stopped standing up for human rights. He served 32 years in various prisons throughout the United Kingdom. Fighting against the degrading prison system of the late 20th century, Alan helped change the historical humiliating