As you browse our website you will find photos of various parts of the prison with brief captions, intended to give you a flavour of what it is like inside the prison. On this page, they have been brought together for your convenience if you are just interested in “having a look around”.
Deep inside the prison is Main Street, a vast space that runs the full width and height of the main building and provides access to the exercise yards, residential houseblocks, education departments, workshops, gymnasium and various outreach facilities. There are similar Main Streets on the male and female sides of the prison.
This is a view of the association area on one of the male wings, showing table tennis and pool tables. In the background you can see some of the numbered cell doors.
View of the male art classroom, just waiting for some students, a tutor and a FOPP Volunteer! Some people in prison find they have hitherto-unrecognised artistic talents and produce work of a very high standard.
Some of our volunteers signed up to help in one of the libraries. Here is a view of part of the female library.
Here is a view of one of the Education Department corridors. The library, staff room and various classrooms lead off this corridor. Depending on which role you fancy, you could be heading here for your volunteer shift!
Male prisoners in a typical classroom, in this case studying English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). Our volunteers always enjoy helping in these classes.
For no particular reason, except that these officers seem happy in their work, here is a peek into the laundry – a part of the prison you are unlikely to come across in your role as a FOPP volunteer.
Many others, apart from FOPP volunteers, help people in prison prepare for life after prison. Here, members of the Through the Gate team are checking through one of their leaflets.
Everyone can be helpful, not just FOPP volunteers! Here an officer is helping a female prisoner use the kiosk to request a place on an upcoming course. The kiosk is the main method of communication between people in prison and the prison staff. They even use it to choose their meals for the coming week. If you ask nicely, you might find someone is willing to show you how it works.
There are some very long and high stairways within the prison (as you can see from this photo taken in ‘Main Street’) and you may be surprised just how far you have to walk during your shift. 
