HM Prison Bullingdon

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His Majesty's Prison and Young Offenders Institute Bullingdon
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HM Prison Bullingdon
Location Arncott, Oxfordshire
StatusFull Operational Capacity
Security classCategory B
CapacityHMP & YOI Local and Resettlement
PopulationCertified - 869 Maximum Capacity - 1,114(as of April 2018)
Opened1992
Managed by HM Prison and Probation Service Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
Governor Laura Sapwell
Website Bullingdon at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison and Young Offenders Institute Bullingdon is a prison in Oxfordshire, England. It is a public sector prison operated by HM Prison and Probation Service (an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice).

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Located near MoD Bicester, it is a local and resettlement prison accepting Security Category B male prisoners. (New admissions from courts are generally sent to 'local' prisons and are considered as a Category B prisoner until their initial security assessment.) Prisoners must be over the age of 18 (as a Young Offender (YO)). As YO prisoners are not subject to the same 4 level security category, they are either considered 'YOI Closed' or 'YOI Open' - depending on whether they are suitable for transfer to open conditions.

The prison generally only holds prisoners on short sentences (under 12 months) and those on remand. With the additional resettlement function, prisoners in the local area of the prison should be transferred for their 12-week pre-release period.

HMP & YOI Bullingdon also has a dedicated 'Vulnerable Prisoners' unit which holds several hundred sex offenders who are at Bullingdon in order to complete a Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP).

History

Opened in 1994, Bullingdon was constructed on obsolete Ministry of Defence site - MoD Bicester. The prison opened with 4 residential units, named after villages in the local area.

Each of the 4 wings were created virtually identical, with only different coloured doors to be able to identify the unit.

As the prison population continued to grow the prison constructed 2 new units

Since the prison opened back in 1994 it has been the subject of scandal and failing HMIP reports. The most notable is in January 2003 when Deputy Governor Terence McLaren was suspended after he had been arrested on suspicion of child pornography offences. [1] In 2006, Governor Phil Taylor banned officers from displaying the Flag of England as he feared it may upset foreign prisoners. HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published several reports criticising overcrowding, safety issues, gang violence, drugs and other issues.

On 17 March 2019 David Gray, 54, was found dead in his healthcare unit cell as a result of suicide.

Notable inmates

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, Jamie (2003-01-15). "Deputy prison governor suspended in child porn investigation". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ↑ Bingham, John (2009-12-14). "Businessman jailed for attacking intruder - who goes free". London: Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  3. ↑ Sharp, Aaron. "Rolf Harris taken straight to cushy prison despite reports pervert would do hard time at tough jail" Daily Mirror , 19 July 2014

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