Video has captured the instant an inmate climbed onto the roof of Strangeways jail in Manchester.

The dramatic pictures confirmed the prisoner clambering precariously alongside the roof of the prison sporting a makeshift water-resistant long-established from what seems to be a bin bag amid bloodless and wet conditions.

His protest started out at approximately 4.30pm and he remained at the roof with the aid of using 7pm as a police negotiator tried to speak the person down.

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It is thought he has now no longer threatened to damage himself or everybody else. An ambulance is on standby on the jail.

He will be visible waving and shouting to a small band of spectators who amassed close to the jail. At one level he made a love coronary heart gesture to the camera.

He became heard again and again shouting `IPP’, which is thought to be a connection with Imprisonment for Public Protection courtroom docket sentences. The much-criticised indeterminate sentence became scrapped in 2012 however many inmates stay at the back of bars who have been given IPP sentences.

When the drama started out on Wednesday afternoon, police closed Southall Street adjoining to the jail, formally titled HMP Manchester.

A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police: “At round 4:30pm today (Wednesday 12 April 2023), officials have been known as to a problem for welfare of a person on Southall Street.

“Emergency offerings are presently on the scene with professional negotiators.

An inmate at the roof of Strangeways jail (Image: men)

“Road closures in and round Southall Street will stay in vicinity till in addition notice. Members of the general public are requested to keep away from the area.

“There is thought to be no wider hazard to the general public.”

A Prison Service spokesperson said: “We are operating with emergency offerings to deliver the prisoner down safely.”