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The United Kingdom has three distinct legal systems with a separate prison system in each: one for both England and Wales, one for Scotland, and one for Northern Ireland.
HM Prison Cookham Wood is a male juveniles' prison and Young Offenders Institution in the village of Borstal in Kent, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
Feltham Young Offenders Institution is a prison for male juveniles and Young Offenders Institution, occupying 0.184 square kilometres south-west of Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, England. It is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
HM Prison Durham is a Georgian era reception Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham in County Durham, England. Built in 1819, the prison continues to be operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Women prisoners were moved in 2005 due to overcrowding and suicides.
HM Prison Kirklevington Grange is a Category D men's prison,and young offenders institute located in the village of Kirklevington, in North Yorkshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
In the United Kingdom, prisoners are divided into four categories of security. Every adult in prison is assigned a different category, all depending on the crime they committed, the sentence, the risk of escape, and violent tendencies. The higher the category, the worse the convictions are.
HMP Isle of Wight – Albany Barracks is a Category B men's prison, situated on the outskirts of Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
The Northern Ireland Prison Service is an executive agency of the Department of Justice, the headquarters of which are in Dundonald House in the Stormont Estate in Belfast.
HMP Maghaberry was built on the site of RAF Maghaberry, a World War II airfield near Lisburn, Northern Ireland, which was used as a flying station by the Royal Air Force and also as a transit airfield for the United States Army Air Forces. At the end of the war, the airfield was run down and various government agencies used parts of the old airfield until the Northern Ireland Office began work on the prison in 1976.
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.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a ministerial department of the British Government headed by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. The department is responsible for areas of constitutional policy not transferred in 2010 to the Deputy Prime Minister, human rights law and information rights law across the UK.
HM Prison Wymott is a Category C men's prison near Leyland, Lancashire, England. Wymott is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is next to HMP Garth. The prison has facilities for housing sex offenders, in addition to inmates sentenced for mainstream offences.
HM Prison Deerbolt is a male Young Offenders Institution in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Deerbolt now accepts inmates from the ages of 18 to 23 and 10 months.
HM Prison Prescoed is a Category D men's open prison, located in Coed-y-paen, three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales. Prescoed is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and acts as a satellite prison of the nearby HMP Usk.
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 & Probation Service.
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 in West Yorkshire, England. New Hall is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
The prisons in Wales are run by Her Majesty's Prison Service, which is in turn a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) which is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales. The objectives of prison confinement in Wales is threefold: to "hold prisoners securely", to "reduce the risk of prisoners re-offending" and to "provide safe and well-ordered establishments in which we treat prisoners humanely, decently and lawfully".
HM Prison Isis is a Category C male Young Offenders Institution, located in the Thamesmead area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in south-east London, England. Isis Prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated next to Belmarsh Prison and Thameside Prison.
References
- ↑ "local prison". Glossary of terms on Take the TimeTrail. Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ↑ Department of Justice Local prisons: male http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/local-male
- ↑ Department of Justice Local prisons: female http://www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/local-female
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