Socks and boxer shorts dipped into 'psychoactive substances' mailed to Strangeways for prisoners to smoke - causing some to COLLAPSE
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSocks, clothes and boxer shorts 'impregnated' with highly toxic drugs were sent into Strangeways for inmates to smoke, a new report into a prisoner's death has revealed.
They were said to have been dipped in 'psychoactive substances' or fentanyl on the outside then, once inside, ripped up into pieces and sold on to inmates.
A number of prisoners are said to have collapsed on one occasion, reveals the report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, which investigates deaths in custody, Jamie Tate, who was found dead in his cell at Strangeways on March 14, 2021, may have have been supplied with socks soaked in drugs, the report added.
Ombudsman Sue McAllister, who compiled the report after investigators spoke to prisoners and staff following Mr Tate's death, said she was concerned that he 'appears to have been able to access illicit drugs with apparent ease' at HMP Manchester.
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