The Latest Breaking News from Forest Bank

Overdoses double at prison where inmates say it’s ‘easy’ to get drugs

Exclusive: More than 100 overdoses at HMP Forest Bank in Salford, where drugs ‘fuel debt and violence’

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

The criminals who want to get caught so they can 'run a business' in prison

'They will try every way imaginable to get illicit substances in'

Manchester Evening News · Jun 18, 2023

Crafty prisoner tried to walk out of Forest Bank in DISGUISE - but he didn't make it far

The prisoner in disguise tried to get through an internal gate

Manchester Evening News · May 22, 2023

The prescription medicines you can now get without going to a GP

The new plans hope to put an end to long waiting times for appointments

Manchester Evening News · May 9, 2023

Illegal Curry Mile shisha bar has HUGE amount of cash confiscated

'Operating a premises without the correct permissions is not only illegal, but can also be dangerous'

Manchester Evening News · May 9, 2023

Prison helped pay for funeral of paedophile who died two years after he was jailed

Forest Bank prison made a contribution to the funeral of Gerald Coppel 'in line with policy', says a report

Manchester Evening News · Apr 27, 2023

Meet the little lad with a name fit for a king... literally

‘People are always shocked and ask if that’s his real name but we love it’

Manchester Evening News · Apr 26, 2023

The Mancunian Way: Who runs the wings?

MP calls for prison to be brought into state control PLUS The ‘warming stripes’ that show how dramatically temperatures have risen

Manchester Evening News · Apr 24, 2023

Prisoners 'running the wings', 'inmates off their t*ts', staff who have 'lost control' - the jail that's had £1bn of public money

An M.E.N. investigation has revealed claims of 'a dangerous jail where cost cutting managers have lost control'

Manchester Evening News · Apr 23, 2023

Yoga, sniffer dogs and dirty showers: A year in the life of a Greater Manchester prison

A report has shed some light on conditions at Forest Bank in Salford, the region's biggest jail

Manchester Evening News · Apr 15, 2023