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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.
It's classed as a 'reception and resettlement' prison, meaning it has a mix of minor offenders serving short-term sentences alongside some of the region's most dangerous criminals being held on remand while they await a court date.
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The privately-run category B prison in Agecroft was heavily criticised in a damning report last May, which found it was 'unable to fulfil its role successfully'. The latest inspection found conditions are improving, but said more could still be done to reduce levels of violence and self harm.
The report from the Independent Monitoring Board assessed Forest Bank during a number of visits between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2022. It says levels of violence have started to fall since September, but are 'still too high'.
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.
"The operation of the new assessment, care in custody and teamwork case management process for prisoners at risk of suicide or self-harm was not good enough," the report said.
The prison also saw a spike in violence in the summer of 2022. That was down to what the report describes as a 'specific set of circumstances', but no further details are given.
During lockdown most inmates were locked up for 23 hours a day in 'cramped conditions' alongside another prisoner in cells originally designed for just
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