The prison announced the contract under which offenders who are learning metalwork, welding and painting skills will repair the broken road signs.

[3] In January 2013, the Ministry of Justice announced that an additional houseblock would be constructed at The Mount Prison, increasing the capacity of the jail.

[8] The regime at the prison includes full- and part-time education, workshops, training courses, farms and gardens, and a works department.

Other features include listener groups (a community-based project to keep juveniles out of prison), a job skills course, and prisoner-led drug-free meetings.

In November 2016, the drug problem had reached such an extent[citation needed] that many prisoners were suffering serious health effects, which led to 70 mainly drug-related emergency callouts during the month.

An IMB report said: “Experienced staff have left and not been fully replaced, so that at the end of February there were 24 vacancies out of a complement of 136 officers, and a high proportion of officers and managers had less than two years’ experience.”[6] In the report relating to the 2018 inspection, the chief executive of HMPPS stated "The Mount is improving after a difficult period and there are robust plans in place to accelerate progress.

"[9] The prison operates a number of training programme such as bicycle refurbishment, bricklaying, plastering, woodworking, window frame manufacture and car mechanics.