An M.E.N. investigation into Forest Bank prison - which uncovered allegations of widepread drug use and inmates who 'run the wings' - has prompted an MP and Salford's mayor to write to the government to demand an 'urgent' review.
Our revelations included a call from Salford and Eccles MP Rebecca Long-Bailey for the Ministry of Justice to cancel a billion pound contract it has with Sodexo to run the troubled jail.
Now in the wake of our story she, and Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett, have written a joint letter to new justice secretary Alex Chalk to demand an 'urgent investigation' and, if this confirms the allegations in our report, for the privately-run prison to be 'brought under Government control with immediate effect'.
