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Child killer's life under guard in prison for her own safety
18.08.2022 - 17:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman who murdered her one-year-old little girl will feature in a new prison documentary, HMP Styal: Women Behind Bars.
The Channel 5 programme will show Savannah Brockhill's reality after she was caged for killing little Star Hobson and put under guard for her own safety.
The Cheshire prison houses around 400 inmates, and has seen notorious names pass through including the likes of Laura Jeska, Farzana Ahmed, Savannah Brockhill and Baby P killer Tracey Connelly, who was recently released, reports the Mirror.
From a first glance the prison doesn't seem like your stereotypical wing - lots of prisoners are homed into houses.
Journalist, Geoffery Wansell said in the documentary: "It looks a bit more like Butlins - it's a village with lots of village greens in a way - but where some monsters lie."
An inmate of Styal described the houses inside the prison as "self contained units," the prisoner, who was not named in the documentary said: "Its dormitory style, women can go to and from work and have freedom to wander around at night time.
"You work together to make the house work - it's a sense of community but very in your face.
"There are 17 girls to a house - it gets very bitchy and a lot of bullying going on from people who think they are top dog."
But the women who have committed the 'worst crimes' are separated in Styal for their own protection, the inmate added: "There is a prisoner code."
High profile cases in Styal will be put in the weight wing which is described by an inmate as a big wing with two levels and around 80 cells on each side.
She added that prisoners on the wing would be allowed out their cells for one hour a night which is when they would shower and make phone calls.
She told viewers the wing was one of the
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