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The prison has an active education programme and all prisoners are encouraged to participate. Prisoners are usually assessed to determine their level of education within a short time of arriving at La Moye. Inmates can study both academic and vocational qualifications. [2] La Moye also has a library which was opened in November 2007. [3]
Jeffrey Archer was an inmate from August until October 2001, as a result of his high-profile perjury conviction. His diary, from his time in the prison, is published in 'Prison Diary 2: Wayland - Purgatory' [8] Charlie Gilmour, stepson of Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour served 4 months at HMP Wayland in 2011. [9]
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.
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales.It was created in 2004 as the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) by combining parts of both of the headquarters of the National Probation Service and His Majesty's Prison Service with some existing Home Office functions.
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 ...
Risley is a category C prison for adult males, including men convicted of a sex offence and other vulnerable prisoners. Over 1,000 prisoners live at the prison in mostly single cells with in-cell sanitation and phones (calls can be made to previously-vetted numbers and are all recorded).
However, a year later ten inmates staged a rooftop protest at the prison for 28 hours. The prisoners were "protesting about their food being cooked by prisoners on the sex offender registry." [4] The protest ended peacefully. A new 64-bed unit was opened at Channings Wood in 2007.