Yoga, sniffer dogs and dirty showers: A year in the life of a Greater Manchester prison
A new report has shed some light on what it's like to be an inmate at Greater Manchester's largest prison. Forest Bank in Salford can hold up to 1,460 men.
Incidents of self harm had dropped by about 20 per cent since the previous inspection and levels were now similar to other local prisons. But there were still 800 incidents of self-harm in the first 10 months of 2022 - including 130 in July alone. During lockdown most inmates were locked up for 23 hours a day in 'cramped conditions' alongside another prisoner in cells originally designed for just one person. There was 'little to no purposeful activity' and prisoners had to eat their meals in their cells next to toilets which weren't screened off.
The scale of the challenge faced by prison officers was highlighted by the fact that up to 30 new prisoners arrive daily, with around 60 per cent spending less than eight weeks in custody. The prison's six main wings have undergone 'significant refurbishment' over the last year, with cells repainted, windows replaced and other repairs carried out. But the showers were still found to be of a 'poor standard', 'lacked privacy' and were 'generally dirty'.
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