| Date | 28 September 1987 – 1 October 1987 |
|---|---|
| Location | Peterhead Scotland |
| Cause | Better quality prisons |
| Motive | Poor prison conditions |
| Property damage | £55 million (equivalent to £132,989,789 in 2022) |
The Peterhead Prison Riot was a prison riot that occurred on 28 September 1987 at HMP Peterhead, in Peterhead.[1]
Background
HMP Peterhead was a convict prison in Peterhead, Scotland operated from 1888 to 2013. It was closed in favour of the neighbouring super prison HMP & YOI Grampian. It had a capacity of 152, but at one point in 1911 it was home to 455 prisoners. Among inmates, the prison was known as "Hate Factory" or "Scottish Alcatraz".
Aftermath
The Scottish Prison Service located all those who had been involved in riots and hostage-taking at Peterhead in an attempt to stabilise the entire prison estate. The 60 inmates involved were initially held in "lockdown" under prison rule 36 which meant the governor had to visit each one every day. The repairs cost £55 million (equivalent to £132,989,789 in 2022).
References
- ↑ "New exhibition tells '˜inside' story of prison riot". www.scotsman.com. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- "Peterhead Prison Museum to display unseen riot photos to the public".
- "New exhibition tells '˜inside' story of prison riot". 27 September 2017.
- "The prison riot that ended with the SAS". BBC News. 27 September 2017.
- "Notorious tale of two prison wardens being held hostage on Peterhead Prison roof". 4 June 2022.
- "Photos from a prison riot, which needed the SAS to intervene with smoke bombs, are being made public for the first time". Business Insider.