With manicures, yoga, arts and crafts courses, gardening, Zumba courses and legs, bums and tums exercises you’d be mistaken for pondering it’s an advert for a well being retreat.
In actuality, nonetheless, it’s day by day life at HMP Bronzefield, the most important female-only jail in Europe, holding round 540 ladies.
Former inmates embody Becky Watts’ killer Shauna Hoare and baby killer Mairead Philpott, each who’ve now been launched. Serial killer Joanna Dennehy can be an ex-inmate, however is now at HMP Low Newton.
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Among the present inmates embody Al-Qaeda sympathiser Roshonara Choudhry, who stabbed Labour MP Stephen Timms in 2010 and was jailed for tried homicide.
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Others embody Marie Black, jailed for all times in 2015 for being the ringleader of a kid intercourse abuse ring, and Sharon Carr – dubbed ’The Devil’s Daughter’ – who on the age of 12 murdered an 18-year-old in 1992.
A report out into the jail final month acknowledged that there have been a spread of ‘activities’ which inmates might take part in, including ‘these include weekly cooking sessions, librarian visits and manicure appointments’.
It states that the in-prison magnificence salon – referred to as Shades of Beauty – supplied inmates a alternative of assorted magnificence therapies and hair-dos, and the humanities and craft workshop – referred to as Jailbirds – had additionally opened.
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The report by inspectors from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) states: “Shades of Beauty, offering hair and beauty treatments, was open throughout the reporting period.
“Jailbirds, the arts and crafts facility, was open throughout the year.”
Among the programs inmates can take embody City & Guilds and NVQs in hairdressing, barbering, barista expertise, in addition to a course in patisserie & confectionary making.
The report goes on to say that the ‘Roots & Shoots’ gardening staff of 12 inmates might get a qualification in horticulture.
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It states that the jail’s Wellbeing Centre presents yoga, Zumba courses in addition to legs, bums and tums exercises.
The report states: “The Wellbeing Centre is run by a team of two prison custody officers with three non-operational staff and up to two peer workers operating seven days a week, offering a range of options.
“(They include) weekly classes (in) Zumba, Legs, Bums & Tums’, and yoga/mindfulness.”
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A spokesman for Sodexo Justice Services Ltd – which runs the jail – stated: “Our learning and skills department has been recognised for providing a wide range of activities for women during their time at HMP Bronzefield that will support their learning, development and wellbeing for positive rehabilitation and employment upon release.
“As an example, our training salon operates as a fully functioning one that prisoners can go to, while also providing a more realistic training experience to the women who are learning new skills.”
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