‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in precarious state' more than year after urgent notification

The Prison Service has made very little progress" in enforcing a formal demand to stop drones from delivering drugs into one of its worst performing jails, a watchdog has concluded.

Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons for England and Wales, said HMP Manchester remained in a precarious state" after a failure to fix broken windows and install security to stop contraband being delivered to gangs.