Villagers near two planned 'super prisons' complain the developments are being 'railroaded' through by the government and are making it hard to sell their homes.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is spending £4.7billion to build a total of three new jails near existing ones in a bid to create 14,000 new places by 2031.
One of the planned prisons is on green belt land north of HMP Wymott and HMP Garth in Chorley, Lancashire - where residents say drug-carrying drones already blight daily life.
At another site, HMP Gartree in Leicestershire, builders hope to start the main construction phase later this year - after the previous secretary of state, Michael Gove, overruled local planners.
While officials promise the new jail will create 600 jobs and inject millions into the local economy, residents complain it has been 'shoehorned' into 'scenic' countryside.
