{"id":85650,"date":"2023-09-20T09:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85650"},"modified":"2023-09-20T09:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:15:28","slug":"neighbours-living-near-womens-superjail-record-inmates-screaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/neighbours-living-near-womens-superjail-record-inmates-screaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbours living near women's 'superjail' record inmates screaming"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fed-up locals living next to Britain’s new \u00a385million ‘superjail’ have recorded the sound of female inmates screaming abuse at each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prisoners at HMP & YOI Stirling are heard shouting ‘f*** off! f*** off!’ in a clip taken by people living in nearby homes – who say that they can still ‘hear everything’ at the facility, even when they close their windows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Residents at Forth Park and Vale Grove have been complaining of ‘non-stop’ noise since construction earlier this year, saying\u00a0that when they walk past they can hear the inmates shouting at each other.<\/span><\/p>\n The women’s prison, designed to replace the now-defunct HMP Cornton & Vale, is designed in a campus-style, with no bars on doors or windows.<\/p>\n But residents have reported being harassed by prisoners as they walk through the neighbourhood, hearing constant sounds of fights.<\/p>\n One resident has released audio footage of prisoners heard from their garden, featuring women inmates shrieking with one repeatedly saying ‘f*** off’.\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forth Park and Vale Grove next to HMP Stirling, in Bridge of Allan.\u00a0Residents have been complaining of ‘non-stop’ noise since construction earlier this year, saying that when they walk past they can hear the inmates shouting at each other<\/p>\n The resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: ‘We can’t use our gardens, the children can’t go out and play, we can’t socialise.<\/p>\n ‘We shut our windows and we can still hear everything – to the extent where we know four or five of the prisoners’ names.<\/p>\n ‘We’ve got pensioners trying to sell their houses because they don’t have any other options.<\/p>\n ‘The perimeter fence is ten metres away from our houses, and in another five metres, you’ve got the cells – it’s hardly surprising that we can hear every conversation.<\/p>\n ‘They should have carried out sound tests to see how far that was going to have an impact on our houses.<\/p>\n ‘There was absolutely nothing like that done.’<\/p>\n The anonymous contributor described a walk-through held at the prison with the governor to ease the residents’ minds but when complaints were raised, they were allegedly met with complete inaction.<\/p>\n ‘The very first meeting that we went to, we had a walk around with the governor,’ said the resident.<\/p>\n ‘When we went for our walkthrough, things kicked off and the whole place went into lockdown.<\/p>\n ‘They were like crazed animals pressing their faces up against the window – it was like an asylum.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forth Park and Vale Grove next to HMP Stirling, in Bridge of Allan.\u00a0The women’s prison, designed to replace the now-defunct HMP Cornton & Vale, is designed in a campus-style, with no bars on doors or windows<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One resident has released audio footage of prisoners heard from their garden, featuring women inmates shrieking with one repeatedly saying ‘f*** off’. Pictured: Vale Grove.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I told the governor that this is what we’re hearing on a daily basis, seven days a week since the prisoners arrived here.<\/p>\n ‘They just shrugged their shoulders – there was nothing they could say.<\/p>\n ‘They told us the prisoners can’t see out the windows – only we can see in.<\/p>\n ‘Last week, they moved prisoners back into an area where they had been moved out to calm things down – one of the neighbours heard them say they could see everything in our houses. They’re telling us a pack of lies.’<\/p>\n A Scottish Prison Service spokesperson said: ‘HMP & YOI Stirling has delivered a significant step change in the way in which we support women in our care, many of whom are vulnerable and have experience of trauma and adversity.<\/p>\n ‘Our relationship with the surrounding community is crucial to this and we have met with neighbours to listen to their concerns about noise from the establishments.<\/p>\n ‘We are looking at a number of infrastructure and operational measures, with an aim to reduce noise levels.’<\/p>\n‘We live next to Britain’s new \u00a385m women’s superjail – we’re afraid to sit in our own gardens because we can hear female lags shouting and threatening to kill each other’\u00a0<\/h3>\n