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The prison was opened in the mid-1970s, and originally built to house 150 inmates. Because La Moye is the island's only jail, it has to provide accommodation for men, women and vulnerable prisoners. The young offenders wing was closed due to no funding.
The median term for inmates is six years. 47% of inmates are serving terms of one-to-five years; 17% are serving terms of six-to-nine years; and 33% are serving maximum sentences of 10 years or more. As of January 2003, 984 offenders were serving life sentences , including 14 offenders under death sentences (all of which have now been commuted ...
Warren Hill's Juvenile Activity Centre accommodates a drug rehabilitation project and a special education intervention group. There is also a special leisure area for inmates who earn privileges. On 4 September 2013, the Ministry of Justice announced that it intends to convert Warren Hill into a prison for adult male inmates. [3]
Werrington Prison is a Juvenile Centre for males aged from 15 to 18. Full-time and part-time education courses are provided as part of the prison's regime, as are vocational training workshops in Creative Design, Music and Radio, Barista, Catering, Painting and Decorating, Tiling, Plastering, Barbering, Sports Studies, ICT.
Northumberland was formed on 31 October 2011 from a merger of HM Prison Acklington and HM Prison Castington [2] and on 1 December 2013 management of HMP Northumberland passed from Her Majesty's Prison Service to Sodexo Justice Services. [2] HMP Acklington was the most northerly adult prison in England, and was built on the site of the former ...
The Director General reports to the Secretary of State for Justice and also works closely with the Prisons Minister, a junior ministerial post within the Ministry of Justice. [ citation needed ] The statement of purpose for His Majesty's Prison Service states that "[His] Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those ...
Mike Quinn, vice-chairman of the National Association of Probation Officers Northumbria branch, said that the event was a consequence of staff cuts in the prison service. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice stated that this had been an isolated incident unrelated to staffing levels. [4]
Ministry of Justice pages on HMP Blantyre House Archived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine; HMP Blantyre House - HM Inspectorate of Prisons Reports; Damage and Humanity in Custody - Kindle book written by inmates, comparing the Blantyre House prison experience with that of secure category B prisons - circa 1995