The 'vicious cycle' of prison demonstrations and vandalism committed by Strangeways rooftop protester Joe Outlaw
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe prisoner who staged a 12-hour overnight protest on the roof of Strangeways has caused more than £50,000-worth of damage at other jails, a court heard.
Joe Outlaw, 36, is serving time at HMP Manchester after he was handed an indeterminate imprisonment for public protection sentence (IPP) for robbery in 2011 — effectively meaning he was not given a set release date.
Having spent time in other jails across the UK, he committed acts of criminal damage which added another seven years to his prison term.
Today, that extra total became eight years and four months, after Outlaw was given a further sentence for causing thousands of pounds-worth of damage to a prison cell at HMP Hindley last January. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Less than six hours after climbing down from Strangeways' roof, Outlaw appeared at Bolton Crown Court, where he was handed a further jail term for criminal damage to the cell.
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