Inmates at a women's prison near Manchester have been rumbled after smoking lingerie infused with drugs. Prisoners at Styal arranged for friends to sneak in clothes parcels with bras and knickers that were soaked in a liquid form of spice.
The garments were then ripped into pieces before being smoked by the prisoners, until jail bosses clocked onto the scheme, the Mirror reports. The prison has now banned clothes parcels from entering the Cheshire prison - in a move which is proving unpopular among inmates.
A source at HMP Styal told the Mirror: “You couldn’t make it up. It’s like something from the TV series Bad Girls.”
The ban on clothes parcels entering Styal prison has caused uproar among other inmates who have long complained about prison-issue undies being too tight. The Independent Monitoring Board said: “The prison has banned incoming parcels to prisoners as a security measure.
“This has caused real distress to many, particularly those on long-term and life sentences. There have been concerns raised about the limited range of sizes, especially with regard to underwear.
“The alternatives provided, e.g. access to the prison shop and a limited supply of catalogues, do not meet the needs of many prisoners.” The board added zombie drug spice 'has been smuggled into the prison via legal letters and parcels from outside. Incoming parcels are now banned as part of this strategy'.
Styal is home to some of Britain’s most evil women, including Savannah Brockhill, who murdered her partner’s one-year-old daughter Star Hobson in Keighley, West Yorkshire.
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