HM Prison Send

HMP Send

Location	Ripley, Surrey [1]
Security class	Adult Female/Closed Category
Population	282(as of May 2009)
Opened	1962
Managed by	HM Prison Services
Governor	Esther Dainton [2]
Website	Send at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison Send is a closed category women's prison in the extreme south of Ripley civil parish in Surrey, England. The nearest settlements are Send and West Clandon. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

History

HM Prison Send was formerly the site of a smallpox isolation hospital which closed in 1952. ^[3] In 1962, it opened as a Junior Detention Centre. ^{[4] [5]} It remained as such until 1986 when it was re-classified as a Category C Adult Male Training Prison. ^[6] In 1998, it became a women's prison, and was demolished and rebuilt the following year. ^{[7] [8]}

In August 2005, a report by the Independent Monitoring Board criticised a marked increase in self-harm and suicide amongst inmates and lack of staff, whereas it praised the prison's education provision and its farms and gardens scheme. ^[9]

The prison today

Send is a closed prison for adult females. It houses an 80-bed Resettlement Unit, a 40-bed Therapeutic Community, a 20-bed Progression Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) and a 20-bed Preparation PIPE.

HMP Send's Education Department runs Key Skills courses and NVQs in Business Administration. The Farms and Gardens department offers Floristry NVQs, and the Works Department run an industrial workshop and painting party. Prisoners held in the Resettlement Unit can also do voluntary work, attend College courses and Work Placements in the outside community.

Notable inmates

Former

• Jane Andrews ^[10]
• Farah Damji ^[11]
• Vanessa George ^[12]
• Mairead Philpott ^[13]
• Dena Thompson ^{[14] [15]}

References

1. "HMP Send". OpenStreetMap . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. "Send Prison". 14 February 2024.
3. "Hospital limits". Surrey Advertiser. No. 11523. 3 December 1955. p. 6.
4. "Detention centre plan approved by minister". Surrey Advertiser. No. 11995. 23 July 1960. pp. 1, 3.
5. "First boys arrive at detention centre". Surrey Advertiser. No. 12199. 14 July 1962. p. 1.
6. "Tory MPs back 'treatment' for end to custody for under-18s". The Guardian. 24 November 1986. p. 2.
7. Pullen, Carley (1 May 1998). "Prison bans men crooks". Woking Informer. p. 5.
8. O’Brien, Christy (20 August 2022). "Life in the shadow of a Surrey prison where residents say it's a 'nice place to live'". Surrey Live. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
9. "Jail to tackle self-harm numbers". BBC News . 9 August 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
10. Murray, James; Tominey, Camilla (29 November 2009). "Killer Fergie aide may get two years for escaping". Daily Express . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
11. Keay, Lara (19 February 2022). "Woman suing NHS over poor mental healthcare in prison faces extradition back to the same jail". Sky News. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
12. Hendry, Tom; Channon, Max (15 October 2018). "Vanessa George's ex-husband fears she'll 'hoodwink' judge to secure release". Plymouth Herald . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
13. "Mairead Philpott: Mother who killed six children in fire freed from jail". Sky News. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
14. Koestler Trust (2008). "The UK's annual national show of Art by Offenders" (Art exhibition of art by offenders programme). Southbank Centre.
15. The Ingram Collection. "The Break Up, 2012 - The Ingram Collection" (Art website displaying examples of artwork published by Thompson from prison, note that the most recent examples (2016) are also labelled "Dena, HMP Send"). Inside Out collection.

External links

• "Send Prison information". Ministry of Justice . 30 January 2019.

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