Residents living next to Britain's new £85M women's 'superjail' say their lives are being ruined - by inmates shouting and swearing.<br /><br />Locals beside HMP & YOI Stirling say they get abused when they walk their dogs - and can hear female lags threatening to kill each other.<br /><br />HMP & YOI Stirling was finished in May this year and was built to replace the now-defunct HMP Cornton & Vale in Scotland.<br /><br />But the new facility is right next to a housing estate cul-de-sac - and locals say it is causing major issues.<br /><br />The women’s prison is situated between Bridge of Allan and Cornton and is designed in a campus-style with no bars on any doors and windows.<br /><br />It is intended to give inmates a calmer environment with more access to nature.<br /><br />But despite housing just 100 inmates residents of Forth Park and Vale Grove who border the prison say they have have serious noise issues.<br /><br />One, Morris Anderson, 67, said that the noise has been “non-stop.”<br /><br />He said: “I can’t even sit out in the back garden without hearing them cursing and swearing or saying ‘I’m going to kill you’ to each other.<br /><br />“The other day, a woman was whistling and howling for over two hours. <br /><br />''It goes on all the time - it just doesn’t stop.<br /><br />“Other residents have young families – their weans can’t even play out in the back garden now for all the swearing.<br /><br />“I took my dog out for a walk, and they were shouting at me.<br /><br />“I looked to my right and could actually see the woman looking at me. She shouted ‘all right big yin, what you up to?”<br /><br />''This was around eight o’clock too. I have to take my dog along a different path now.”<br /><br />Morris also claims that residents were misled as to how much of an impact the prison would have on their area.<br /><br />He said: “We got sent a leaflet that showed us the plans – it wasn’t that monstrosity there. <br /><br />''It never showed you how close it would be to the fence.<br /><br />“I can hardly believe that they could house prisoners so close to homes, with windows open all day and night and people screaming at each other.”<br /><br />Another local fumed: "There's always been a prison nearby, but it's gotten a lot worse. <br /><br />''The construction caused problems with houses, and the prisoners are uncontrollable. It's driving all of us crazy.''<br /><br />Another local said: ''I can hear them screaming and shouting, swearing and carrying on. It's horrible.''<br /><br />One mum added: “I've got two little kids and they should not be hearing <br />all the foul language and aggression.''<br /><br />Bridge of Allan-based MSP Alexander Stewart has written to Justice Secretary Angela Constance to demand answers.<br /><br />He wrote that locals are “being hounded by screaming, shouting, swearing and banging coming from the prison at all times of the day and night without exception.”<br /><br />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.<br /><br />“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.<br /><br />“We are looking at a number of infrastructure and operational measures, with an aim to reduce noise levels.”
