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HM Prison Forest Bank

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  • HM Prison Forest Bank.jpg

    Photo by Liverpoolpics via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • Road to HMP Forest Bank off Agecroft Road, Pendlebury - geograph.org.uk - 2919829.jpg

    Photo by Alexander P Kapp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • The River Irwell near HMP Forest Bank - geograph.org.uk - 2780202 (cropped).jpg

    Photo by Bill Boaden via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • The River Irwell near HMP Forest Bank - geograph.org.uk - 2780202.jpg

    Photo by Bill Boaden via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Background

Forest Bank Prison is a Category B men's private prison, in the Agecroft area of Pendlebury in Salford, England. The prison is currently operated by Sodexo Justice Services.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

2000

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Sodexo Justice Services

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2000

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

No public contact details available.

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Data completeness

20%

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