§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many baths, showers and toilets are available to prisoners in Manchester prison; how many baths or showers each prisoner is allowed per week; and how many changes of clothes each prisoner is allowed per week.
§ Mr. MellorManchester prison currently has available to inmates a total of nine baths, 72 showers, 130 WCs and 105 urinals. Each prisoner is normally allowed one bath or shower per week, and those who are employed on jobs that are of a physically dirty nature have a shower each day, as do prisoners returning from court appearances.
Prisoners at Manchester have one change of clothes per week, consisting of two shirts, two pairs of socks, two pairs of underpants and two vests. Overclothing is changed as necessary, but on return from court, prisoners receive a full kit of clean clothes. In addition, one towel, one sheet and one pillow-case are changed weekly and a full set of bedding is available to prisoners on return from court.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many square feet of exercise space are available to prisoners in Manchester prison.
§ Mr. MellorFifty thousand, two hundred and ninety five sq ft in exercise yards, 60,534 sq ft in hard surface games areas, and 14,957 sq ft in the gymnasia.