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Holloway Prison

Volume 457: debated on Monday 19 February 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recreational facilities are available to prisoners at HMP Holloway. (120394)

The recreational facilities available include a variety of workshops and educational facilities and a library for prisoners to use.

There is a pool table on each unit, televisions in all cells for which the prisoners pay £1 a week, and access to exercise yards each day. Prisoners on the enhanced level of incentives and earned privileges have access to DVD players and hand-held play stations. There is access to a gym all week and a swimming pool that can be used at the weekend. Prisoners on the mother and baby unit have access to a relaxation/light room. There are also further facilities such as a hair salon.