HMP Her Majestys Prison service Strangeways, 1 Southall St, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M60 9AH

Notable Manchester HMP Strangeways inmates Joey Barton, footballer jailed for assault Brendan Behan, Irish republican, playwright and poet, 1947 attempting to free an IRA prisoner Ian Brady, held for theft prior to the Moors murders David Britton, author of Lord Horror, last publication to be banned under the Obscene Publications Act Ian Brown, musician and singer-songwriter jailed for "air rage". Wrote three songs inside: "Free My Way", "So Many Soldiers", and "Set My Baby Free". Released in December 1999. Catherine Tolson, Helen Tolson, suffragette sisters imprisoned in 1909 for breaking glass at White City in Manchester Emily Davison, Suffragette, sentenced to a month's hard labour in 1909 after throwing rocks at the carriage of chancellor David Lloyd George. Hunger strike led to force feeding. Blockaded herself in her cell and sued Strangeways for using a water cannon. David Dickinson, TV presenter specialising in antiques, imprisoned for fraud in pre-celebrity days James Inglis, the world's fastest hanging Christabel Pankhurst, suffragette, was held for a week Dr Harold Shipman, serial killer, who was held there on remand whilst awaiting trial Charles Bronson (prisoner), a criminal who has been referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner" Ray Teret – former radio DJ