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Shocking footage of drug-fuelled prison violence shows lags wearing masks and pretending to be ‘fighting dogs’
One hallucinating prisoner writhes in agony in the disturbing clips posted on social media
BIZARRE footage showing prisoners pretending to be "fighting dogs" and hallucinating off drugs has emerged.
Disturbing videos record violence, humiliation and two naked prisoners wearing nothing but masks pretending to be dogs.
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They were reportedly high on a potent synthetic drug known as spice.
One former prisoner said: "The inmates are running the prisons, not the prison officers."
The Prison Service has now launched an investigation after seeing the .
Five of the six clips were said to be recorded at Salford’s Forest Bank Prison.
One disturbing video shows a hallucinating prisoner writhing on his cell bed.
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He cowering in fear at the site of an apple, while laughing inmates mock him.
"He has absolutely no control of his body," jokes one of the lags.
Two naked prisoners are seen on all fours muzzled and barking like dogs while their ‘owners’ control them with leads
One of the ‘animals’ is introduced as ‘an Islamic Turkey lurcher pitt bull’ while the other is an ‘Iranian sausage dog’.
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A third expletive-ridden clip from ‘the Forest Bank crew’ shows another inmate shadow boxing.
A fourth clip shows a prisoner ranting about wanting to avenge an inmate who had just broken his nose.
In another clip the same inmate is seen being repeatedly punched on his arms.
A sixth film shows an inmate in severe pain because of a ‘wedgy’ as other convicts laugh loudly.
The videos on Instagram surfaced after being shared on Instagram.
In June, the Chief Inspector of Prisons raised concern about the growing use of formerly "legal highs" at Forest Bank, which houses 1,500 inmates.
‘Legal highs’ like spice, a synthetic drug which has a similar affect to cannabis, are now banned.
Almost 15,000 handsets and SIM cards were taken from jails in England and Wales in 2015.
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One former inmate at Forest Bank said: “Scenes like the lad off his head on spice are happening every day in every prison up and down the country.
"The inmates are running the prisons, not the prison officers.
“In fact, pound for pound I’d say there are more drugs inside prisons than prison officers.
“These videos don’t surprise me at all.
“It just shows that cons are using mobiles and dealing in drugs openly on the wings and the prison officers don’t care.
“Their morale is at an all-time low because of dwindling numbers.
"The prison system is a joke and a laughing stock and a powder keg because of the drugs.
"I call it Butlins with bars.
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“There’s alcohol - or hooch - inside prison and drugs like cocaine and heroin.
“Whatever you can get outside prison you can get inside prison.
“The Ministry of Justice literally has no clue what’s going on.
“I’ve seen this stuff with my own eyes.
“All prisons do is help you make criminal connections.
“The wings are run by the prisoners.
“Everyone is either dealing spice or taking spice.
“There are dangerous and violent inmates and when you add drugs you have explosive consequences.
“The drugs are coming in on drones, or over the wall in parcels or through visits.
“It’s cocaine, heroin, spice, anything.
“I was hardly ever searched for a visit.
“People need to know what it’s really like inside.
“It’s a massive joke at taxpayers’ expense.”
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It is a criminal offence, carrying a maximum two-year-term, to bring a mobile phone into prison, or transmit sounds or images from within a prison using a mobile phone.
Prison Service bosses are pressing mobile network operators to stop inmates using mobiles behind bars by blocking signals.
A spokesman for HMP Forest Bank, a private prison run by Sodexo, said: “Prisons are a challenging environment to manage, but our staff work very hard to successfully stop many illicit items getting into HMP Forest Bank.
“We will investigate any breach of protocol and take appropriate action.”
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A Prison Service spokesperson said: “We are determined to do all we can to stem the flow of mobile phones into our prisons.
“Working with mobile phone companies we will soon be piloting new technology to block mobile phone signals and stop prisoners from continuing their life of crime behind bars.
“We take a zero tolerance approach to drugs in our prisons and use sniffer dogs, cell searches and mandatory drugs tests to find them.
“Safety in prisons is fundamental to the proper functioning of our justice system and a vital part of our reform plans.”
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