"HM Prison Cookham Wood HM Prison Cookham Wood is a male juveniles' prison and Young Offenders Institution in the village of Borstal (near Rochester) in Kent, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The prison was built in 1978, next to HMP Rochester and was named Cookham Wood Young Offenders Institution. The new prison was originally for young men, but its use was changed to meet the growing need for secure female accommodation at the time. In 1998 the prison started accepting female juvenile offenders (aged 12–14), and was refurbished for that purpose. The costs involved with"
"prisons in the UK. Cookham Wood formally started taking male prisoners during 2008. Cookham Wood is a Juvenile Prison and Young Offenders Institution, holding males aged 15 to 18. Accommodation at the prison consists of single occupancy cells. All inmates have access to showers, and 45 minutes outside in the open air every day. The prison operates a resettlement programme for inmates coming to the end of their sentences, and has links to community groups and employers. HM Prison Cookham Wood HM Prison Cookham Wood is a male juveniles' prison and Young Offenders Institution in the village of Borstal (near"
"HM Prison Holme House Her Majesty's Prison Holme House is a Category C men's prison, located in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. A purpose built prison, Holme House opened in May 1992, and was expanded to include further houseblocks and workshops in the late 1990s. In July 2002, Holme House suffered a three-day prison riot. The prisoners turned violent after being locked up for longer periods due to staff shortages. various fixtures and fittings were destroyed in the incident. Another major disturbance followed a year later, when rioting prisoners threw pool balls"
"HM Prison Ford HM Prison Ford (informally known as Ford Open Prison) is a Category D men's prison, located at Ford, in West Sussex, England, near Arundel and Littlehampton. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The site was initially RAF Ford before changing into Royal Naval Air Station Ford (RNAS Ford/HMS Peregrine) a Fleet Air Arm station. The following units were here at some point: The site was converted to an open prison in 1960 with a capacity of 521. The prison houses convicted adult males and specialises in dealing with non-violent offenders with a low risk"
"HM Prison Stafford HM Prison Stafford is a Category C men's prison, located in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 2014 it became a sex offender-only jail. Her Majesty's Prison at Stafford was originally constructed and opened in 1793. It was substantially enlarged by a building development programme of works in the 19th Century. Among its early prisoners was George Smith, who served several sentences for theft in the facility and began his later work as a hangman while still a prisoner, assisting William Calcraft. He officiated at several executions in the prison"
"HM Prison Stoke Heath HM Prison Stoke Heath is an adult male Category C prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Stoke Heath (near Market Drayton) in Shropshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Stoke Heath was built in 1964 as a Category C prison for adult males. It was converted to a Borstal 2 years later and, up until 2011, was used to hold Young Offenders. The establishment now houses prisoners over the age of 18. At the beginning of December 2004 the Howard League for Penal Reform accused Stoke Heath of"
"HM Prison Stoke Heath HM Prison Stoke Heath is an adult male Category C prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Stoke Heath (near Market Drayton) in Shropshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Stoke Heath was built in 1964 as a Category C prison for adult males. It was converted to a Borstal 2 years later and, up until 2011, was used to hold Young Offenders. The establishment now houses prisoners over the age of 18. At the beginning of December 2004 the Howard League for Penal Reform accused Stoke Heath of"
"ITV broadcast ""Her Majesty's Prison: Norwich"". The documentary records the daily life of the inmates and their families. HM Prison Norwich HM Prison Norwich is a Category B/C multi-functional prison for adult and juvenile males, located on Mousehold Heath in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Norwich opened as a prison in 1887, on the site of the Britannia Barracks (the former home of the Royal Norfolk Regiment). The prison has had a variety of roles over the years, but today acts as a prison for Category B & C inmates. The impressive barrack"
"HM Prison New Hall HM Prison New Hall is a Closed Category prison for female adults, juveniles and young offenders. The prison is located in the village of Flockton (near Wakefield) in West Yorkshire, England. New Hall is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 1933, New Hall became the first prison to implement the then-experimental Open Prison system. This was seen as a potential method for dealing with the combined problems of the rising numbers of prisoners and the lack of proper employment for them. At first, the prison was populated by prisoners from HMP Wakefield who were soon"
"HM Prison Lindholme HM Prison Lindholme is a Category C/D men's prison located near Hatfield Woodhouse in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Lindholme is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated in close proximity to Hatfield and Moorland prisons The site was originally constructed as RAF Lindholme during the Second World War to house and operate bombers. During the RAF station's lifetime it was home to the RAF Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS) and also the RAF Navigation School. BCBS moved out in 1972, and RAF Lindholme became a radar installation with its hangars converted"
"Mission. It was a haven for seamen and smugglers and is said to be haunted by a friendly ghost and his dog. Cockwood Cockwood is a small village on the west side of the Exe Estuary in the county of Devon, England. Lying between the villages of Dawlish Warren and Starcross, it is separated from the estuary by the main railway line between Exeter and Torquay, and is set around a small tidal harbour which boats must reach via a bridge under the railway line. Cockwood has two public houses. The Anchor Inn which is on the harbour front and"
"HM Prison Wakefield Her Majesty's Prison Wakefield is a Category A men's prison, located in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is the largest high-security prison in the United Kingdom (and western Europe). The prison has been nicknamed the ""Monster Mansion"" due to the large number of high-profile, high-risk sex offenders and murderers held there. Wakefield Prison was originally built as a house of correction in 1594. Most of the current prison buildings date from Victorian times. The current prison was designated a Dispersal prison in 1966 and is the oldest of"
"HM Prison Spring Hill HM Prison Spring Hill is a Category D men's prison, located in the village of Grendon Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is jointly managed with HMP Grendon, which is situated next to Spring Hill. Originally known as Grendon Hall, the building was constructed in 1872 as a family home. During the Second World War the site was initially used as a base for MI6, and was then a training centre for the Special Operations Executive. After the war, the site was converted by the Prison Service, and"
"HM Prison Finnamore Wood HMYOI Finnamore Wood, formerly known as HMYCC Finnamore Wood or Finnamore Wood Borstal, was an open prison located 1km North of the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. HMYOI Finnamore Wood was opened in 1961 as a Buckinghamshire open prison for young offenders (18- to 21-year-old males) serving their last 2–3 months before release back into the community. The camp was opened as a satellite camp for Feltham Borstal and later used as an annexe to HM Prison Huntercombe. Situated in one of the most rural areas of"
"HM Prison Grendon HM Prison Grendon is a Category B men's prison, located in the village of Grendon Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is jointly managed with HMP Spring Hill which is situated next to Grendon. Opened in 1962, Grendon was initially used as an experimental psychiatric prison and psychiatric unit for prisoners with antisocial personality disorders. It developed into a therapeutic community (tc) prison based upon principles established at the Henderson Hospital in London. There are five, sometimes six discrete therapeutic communities, each with over 40 resident prisoners. In 2014,"
"HM Prison Oakwood HM Prison Oakwood is a Category C prison in the village of Featherstone, Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire, England. First opened in April 2012, the prison is operated by G4S and was aimed to be in full operation by autumn 2012. Originally called Featherstone 2, and designed to be a titan prison, it was downsized to hold up to 1,605 prisoners with construction starting in August 2009 and built in a modular fashion, the first time this had been done in the UK. Following the announcement that it would be contracted out to a private company along with HMP"
"rooms. The prison's education department mainly concentrates on vocational skills, and many prisoners are given work-placements outside the prison as part of their re-settlement plan. HM Prison Askham Grange HM Prison Askham Grange is a women's open category prison, located in Askham Richard village in North Yorkshire, England. The prison is run by Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 1973 Susan McCormick was appointed Governor at Askham Grange, becoming (at 28) ""the youngest ever governor or warden of a women's prison in Britain."" McCormick went on to introduce programmes of rehabilitation in the prison for soon-to-be released prisoners (a relatively new"
"HM Prison Kirkham HM Prison Kirkham is a Category D men's prison, located southwest of Kirkham in Lancashire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The prison's location was originally the site of RAF Kirkham, which was built by George Wimpey on of land bordering the A583 road from Blackpool to Preston. Work commenced in 1939 and the camp opened in 1940 as a training camp for RAF tradesmen. Up to 1945 it trained 72,000 British and allied service men and women. In November 1941 Kirkham became the main armament training centre for the RAF, with 21"
"including 60 homes. HM Prison Bullwood Hall HM Prison Bullwood Hall is a former Category C women's prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Hockley, Essex, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Bullwood Hall was built in the 1960s originally as a female borstal. Over time the prison also began to hold female adult prisoners. In 2002 Bullwood Hall was featured in a series of six 30 minute documentaries titled ""The Real Bad Girls"". Although the series portrayed the prison in a positive light, a 2005 report condemned Bullwood Hall for still using the practice of"
"HM Prison Buckley Hall HM Prison Buckley Hall is a Category C men's prison in the Buckley district of Rochdale in North West England. It is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Buckley Hall takes its name from Buckley Hall, a historic house which previously occupied the site. After the Second World War, the old mansion was demolished and Buckley Hall Young Offenders Institution built in its place. The site acted as a prison for young males until 1989 and after that as a venue for Prison Service Control and Restraint training. In 1994, the majority of the old prison"
"prison's governor is Diane Pellew. HM Prison New Hall HM Prison New Hall is a Closed Category prison for female adults, juveniles and young offenders. The prison is located in the village of Flockton (near Wakefield) in West Yorkshire, England. New Hall is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. In 1933, New Hall became the first prison to implement the then-experimental Open Prison system. This was seen as a potential method for dealing with the combined problems of the rising numbers of prisoners and the lack of proper employment for them. At first, the prison was populated by prisoners from"
"last few years of their sentence. HMP Spring Hill offers a range of employment and education courses. There are also two vocational learning centres (in Information Technology, and Bricklaying). The education department has links with local colleges, offering opportunities for prisoners to attend college outside the prison on a full or part-time basis. HM Prison Spring Hill HM Prison Spring Hill is a Category D men's prison, located in the village of Grendon Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is jointly managed with HMP Grendon, which is situated next to Spring Hill."
"HM Prison Bullwood Hall HM Prison Bullwood Hall is a former Category C women's prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Hockley, Essex, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Bullwood Hall was built in the 1960s originally as a female borstal. Over time the prison also began to hold female adult prisoners. In 2002 Bullwood Hall was featured in a series of six 30 minute documentaries titled ""The Real Bad Girls"". Although the series portrayed the prison in a positive light, a 2005 report condemned Bullwood Hall for still using the practice of slopping out. A"
"HM Prison Norwich HM Prison Norwich is a Category B/C multi-functional prison for adult and juvenile males, located on Mousehold Heath in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Norwich opened as a prison in 1887, on the site of the Britannia Barracks (the former home of the Royal Norfolk Regiment). The prison has had a variety of roles over the years, but today acts as a prison for Category B & C inmates. The impressive barrack block which stood behind the facade served as a Category C prison for some years from the 1970s"
"HM Prison Hull HM Prison Hull is a Category B men's local prison located in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Hull Prison opened in 1870, and is of a typical Victorian design. Ethel Major was the last person and only woman to be executed at Hull in 1934. She had been convicted of the murder of her husband. In 1976 Hull prison was involved in a three-day riot by inmates of"
"HM Prison Hull HM Prison Hull is a Category B men's local prison located in Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Hull Prison opened in 1870, and is of a typical Victorian design. Ethel Major was the last person and only woman to be executed at Hull in 1934. She had been convicted of the murder of her husband. In 1976 Hull prison was involved in a three-day riot by inmates of"
"HM Prison Woodhill HM Prison Woodhill is a Category A male prison, located in Milton Keynes, England. Woodhill Prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. A section of the prison is designated as a Young Offenders Institution. A Secure Training Centre is located next to the prison. One of its main roles is that of a local prison serving Crown and Magistrates' Courts. The prison holds remand and sentenced prisoners aged 18 and above. In addition, Woodhill is one of the eight national high security prisons, holding Category A prisoners, some in the ""Close Supervision Centre"". Woodhill Prison opened"
"work from the demolished structure. The drive and gate posts still remain, as does a walled garden to the north-east which is now much overgrown. •Samantha Lavery - Finalist in The X Factor 2016 •Matthew Robson - Professional footballer (Hartlepool United and Carlisle United). •Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Eminent English poet of the Victorian era. Coxhoe Coxhoe is a town in County Durham, England. Coxhoe is situated between Sedgefield and Durham, a few miles south of Durham. The civil parish also includes nearby Quarrington Hill. The electoral ward of Coxhoe stretches beyond the boundaries of the parish and has a"
"HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (informally ""The Scrubs"") is a Category B men's prison located in the Wormwood Scrubs area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in inner West London, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The initial steps in the winter of 1874 involved the construction of a small prison made of corrugated iron and a temporary shed to serve as a barracks for the warders. Nine specially picked prisoners, all within a year of release, completed the buildings, after which 50 more prisoners were brought to erect a second"
"Borehamwood Borehamwood (—formerly spelt Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire. It is a commuter town near St Albans and London, situated from Charing Cross. Borehamwood has a population of 31,074, and is within the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood and the London commuter belt. The town is perhaps most well known for its multiple film and TV studios (although only two of any significance remain), commonly known as Elstree Studios, hence the association with Elstree. One of the earliest mentions of Bosci de Boreham (Wood of Boreham), is in 1188: In 1776, the House of Lords granted:"
"HM Prison Nottingham HM Prison Nottingham is a Category B men's prison, located in the Sherwood area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. The history of the prison stretches back to 1890, when it opened as a city gaol. Rebuilt in 1912, it became a closed training establishment for adult males, a role it continued until 1997. Since then, it has received prisoners from the courts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire as a category B local prison. In 1999, the Home Office announced that Nottingham Prison was to serve as a pilot project of"
"HM Prison Reading HM Prison Reading, formerly known as Reading Gaol, is a former prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service until its closure at the end of 2013. It is a Grade II listed building. HM Prison Reading was built in 1844 as the Berkshire County Gaol in the heart of Reading on the site of the former county prison, alongside the site of Reading Abbey and beside the River Kennet. Designed by George Gilbert Scott, it was based on London's New Model Prison at Pentonville with a cruciform shape, and"
"on stream so that we can help to modernise the service in all possible ways. The proper training and support of staff is a key part of delivering the contract properly. The prison was officially named HMP Oakwood in December 2011, named after the oak tree in which Charles II was reputed to have hidden from Oliver Cromwell’s troops during the English Civil War, nearby in Boscobel Wood. HMP Oakwood Opened its doors to its first prisoners on 24 April 2012 with a goal of being fully operational by August or September the same year. In October 2013, the prison"