HMP Exeter is a remand prison with one wing closed for renovations. D-wing is for security-vetted prisoners because of cell doors being unlocked as there are communal toilets. Over a year ago, engineers managed to somehow block the air-conditioning ventilation system for the wing.
Now there is no airflow, and as our wing is on the outside wall, our windows do not open. As a consequence our cells are constantly mouldy due to condensation. A governor came to have a look and said “It just needs a cleaner who is over 6-foot tall to wipe the mould off the walls every couple of days with warm soapy water.”
Meanwhile, the lads who have asthma, lung problems and COPD are stuck on remand in conditions that the lady from the IMB called “slums” and “a disgrace”. Only one prisoner on this wing is convicted, the rest of us are ‘innocent until proven guilty’. The prisons are all overcrowded so there is no chance of transfer.
The attitude of staff and governors is ‘wipe it off and shut up’. I wonder if any of them would put up with this in their homes.
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