Built on the former Agecroft Power Station at Manchester, HM Prison Forest Bank is an 800 place B Male Local Prison serving the courts of the North-West. The prison does not take Category A prisoners, nor females, though it does take Adults from the Wigan, Leigh and Bolton Courts and Young Offenders from all of Greater Manchester. The prison, which is contracted out for 25 years to United Kingdom Detention Services sits in the middle of a £2.7 million country park with lake and meadows built by the prison
Address:
HMP & YOI Forest Bank
Agecroft Road
Pendlebury
Manchester
M27 8FB
Telephone: 0161 925 7000
Fax: 0161 925 7001
Director: Trevor Shortt
Controller: Brian Langan
Accommodation: Cellular - single and double. All the cells are designed to be safer, having almost no ligature points.
Operational Capacity: 1160 as of 4th August 2008.
Reception Criteria:
- Services for Adults: Wigan, Leigh, Bolton, Bury
- Services for Young Offenders: Manchester, Oldham, Stockport,Trafford, Tameside, Rochdale & High Peak.
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