Some foreign inmates at HMP Risley in Warrington have been self-harming because 'deportation to their home countries is taking too long', a prison watchdog has found.
Although incidents of self-harm have fallen at the category C Cheshire prison, which houses more than 1,100 inmates, fell sharply last year, a report by the Independent Monitoring Board expressed concern at the increase in self-harm incidents among foreign nationals.
Almost a quarter of the prisoners at HMP Risley are foreign - the jail is used as a north west hub for overseas citizens who are given prison sentences.
