Bosses at Salford's troubled Forest Bank prison have banned the sale of bags of sugar from the canteen in a bid to tackle the production of illicit 'hooch' on the wings by inmates.
Last month, managers decided to remove from sale 500g bags as part of a new effort to stop production of alcohol on the wings.
Insiders remain doubtful the plan will work. Last year, as part of an investigation into the privately-run jail by the Manchester Evening News, we revealed the scale of alcohol production.
One inmate revealed to us that, out of the 60 cells on his wing, 12 of them were used for brewing alcohol. Tomatoes, ketchup, sugar and bread for the yeast were left to ferment in old, cleaned out two-litre drums under beds and beside radiators.
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