A prison house for murderers and sex offenders has seen a dramatic increase in violence after chips were removed from the menu.
Violence at HMP Wakefield has risen by 63 percent in the past year, a report from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) confirmed.
The maximum security West Yorkshire Jail, called Monster Mansion, is the home of some of the most risky murderers and sexual attackers of the UK.
The report stated that there were 272 violent incidents in the past year, compared to 167 the previous year, an increase of 63 percent.
In the past year, prisoners also submitted an amazing 2,644 official complaints.
Among them, 84 of the complaints were submitted about the food served in the prison kitchens.
The most common complaint was the availability of chips on the menu.
The report said that six of the deep thick fries no longer work, which led that chips should only be served between Wings once a week.
The B-Wing in Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, where violence has risen in the past year
Prisoners have complained about the lack of chips on the menu, after six of the fritulen no longer work
About 300 of the 740 prisoners serve lifelong penalties, including serial killer Robert Maudsley, aka Hannibal de Kannibaal, and Mark Bridger, who killed the five -year April Jones.
Others are murderer Jeremy Bamber, who killed five – his mother, dad, sister and her two sons -pedophile Sidney Cooke, Aka Sissend Sid and Roy Whiting, who killed Sarah Payne.
Another prisoner is Pedophiel Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins, who was imprisoned for 29 years in 2013.
A total of 136 of the attacks 'prisoner on prisoner', with the other 136 attacks on staff.
The report states: 'The kitchen has long -term difficulties with the fryer.
'For a large part of the year, five or six of the fryers were broken.
'This influenced the food supply of the kitchen; Cooking chips was particularly problematic, to the great frustration of both prisoners and staff.
“Mitigation in the form of Rota -based was implemented to ensure that at least one wing was provided with an option for chips per week.”
HM Prison Wakefield currently houses Hannibal de Kannibaal, Sissend Sid and Ian Watkins
Reporting on the increase in violence was stated in the report: 'The total number of registered violent incidents during the reporting period was 272 incidents, an increase compared to 167 last year – an increase of 63%.
“There were 136 incidents of violence on prisoner-prisoner .. (s) There were 136 cases of violence on prisoners.”
The report also revealed how a fire broke out in prison after a prisoner changed the heat of a fryer 'too high'.
It stated: 'The board was informed of an incident in which a prisoner increased the temperature of a fryer beyond the correct level, which resulted in the outbreak of a fire.
“It was only because of the extremely rapid action of the staff that a major incident was averted.”
Prisoners throughout the country normally get a choice of fish and chips, often served with moody peas, on Friday. A Christian tradition of not eating meat on Friday that goes back for centuries.
In 2019, the notorious prisoner Charlie Bronson – now called Charles Salvador – filed an official complaint after he had not received any chips with the fishing dinner – instead served Croquettes.
Salvador wrote to his friend Rod Harrison: 'You will not believe this … Friday fish and chips … No chips here, only fishing with croquettes.
A notorious prisoner submitted a furious complaint after he could not have chips in his Friday -Fish and Chips meal
“I closed a complaint.”
He added: 'I just can't believe it – it's tradition … English.
'Every prison in the UK has fish' n chips on a Friday. '
A spokesperson for the prison service said: “All meals offered to prisoners meet food guidelines and all prisoners and employees are informed of fire safety when cleaning equipment.”
