It's one of the toughest jobs prisons face. How do you stop banned items such as drugs and mobile phones being smuggled inside?
An inquest into the death of an inmate at Forest Bank in Salford shed some light on some of the bizarre ways contraband is brought in - and what steps are being taken to try and stop it.
The hearing was told that some offenders were choosing to get locked up so they could get drugs inside - using the time as free men to collect drugs, before breaching parole in a bid to get sent to jail with the supplies.
