He did not say how long the Red Cross would feed the prisoners but added that once the situation had stabilized, he would seek to make the prison authorities take over responsibility for the prisoners again.
The guards were asked to come up with rules prior to the prisoners' arrival, and were told only to make the prison run smoothly.
But during the five years he spent there, Chapo enjoyed prerogatives that make the prison sequence in "Goodfellas" look positively austere.
The Treasury says that the plans will make the prison system in England and Wales "fit for purpose in the 21st century".
First, and most immediately, it will make the prison population slightly more irritable, as switching the puff-and-drag habit for nicotine patches or e-cigarettes is rarely a calming process for smokers – and 80 per cent of prisoners smoke.
On that visit, he said, there were a number of experts in interrogation methods to help make the prison staff "more able to garner intelligence as rapidly as possible".
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says the move will make the prison system more cost-effective.
Meanwhile in another part of Government things were happening that made the prison population rise.
Fixtures and fittings are all tamperproof and wipeclean, making the prison environment feel more institutional and less like a normal place.
