HM Prison High Down

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HMP High Down
HM Prison High Down
LocationHigh Down Lane, Banstead SM2 5PJ, Surrey
Security class Adult Male/Category C
Capacity1208
Opened1992;32 years ago (1992)
Managed by HM Prison Services
Governor Emily Martin [1]
Website High Down at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison High Down is a Category C men's training / resettlement prison. It is located on the outskirts of Banstead in Surrey, England (overlooking Banstead Downs), and is immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of Belmont in Greater London. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is near Downview Prison for women.

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History

High Down Prison was built in 1992 on the site previously occupied by Banstead Hospital. In November 2010, the prison football team played a friendly match against League Two side Wycombe Wanderers, losing 8–0. [2]

High down is a category C training prison and formerly a category B local prison. [3] There is a visitors centre at the prison with facilities including baby changing facilities and a crèche. [4] Conditions for prisoners reportedly deteriorated following staff cuts. [5] The Clink is a public restaurant located within the prison and was the first of its kind to open within a UK prison. [6]

Accommodation and facilities

Support includes: sentence planning, drug counseling, First Night in Prison scheme and Bail Information scheme. The prison has a detox unit. Prisoners can wear own clothes rather than uniforms. Showers are provided on each landing. A pinphone system is in use, with all cells having their own phone. [7] [ citation needed ]

Healthcare

The prison plans to open an offender personality disorder unit with a capacity of 23 beds in single cells, and has an Integrated Substance Misuse service. Dental services are provided three times a week, optician services fortnightly, chiropody services weekly, asthma services weekly and sexual health services weekly. GP and out of hours services are available. There is one full-time consultant forensic psychiatrist and an additional psychiatrist who works two days per week.

Healthcare services are provided by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. [8]

Notable inmates

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References

  1. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-down-prison [ bare URL ]
  2. "PLAYERS VISIT HIGHDOWN PRISON". wycombewanderers.co.uk. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. "HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - High Down". Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  4. "Welcome to GOV.UK". www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Gary Glitter 'protected by tobacco guards' inside High Down prison". Sutton and Croydon Guardian. 27 April 2015.
  6. "The Clink High Down". 13 December 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. "» Insight Inside: HMP High Down – Providing a Solid Foundation for Reintegration". icpa.org. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021.
  8. "HMP High Down (Mental Health and Primary Care Service) :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust". www.cnwl.nhs.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020.
  9. "Released Lewis 'made wrong choices'". BBC Sport.
  10. "What happens to football's lost souls?". BBC Sport.

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