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Some prisons were built for purpose, including Beaumaris Gaol (1829) in Anglesey. [4] In 1878 the prison system in Wales was nationalised and came under centralised government control. [3] This led to better conditions and fewer, larger prisons. [3] The smaller prisons and gaols across the country were closed and the location of the prisons ...
Frongoch prisoners of war from the Easter Rising of Ireland. Originally the camp housed German prisoners of war in a yellow distillery and crude huts, but in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland, the German prisoners were moved and it was used as an internment camp for approximately 1,800 Irish republicans, among them such notables as Michael Collins, who were accorded the ...
HM Prison Prescoed (Welsh: Carchar Prescoed EF) is a Category D men's open prison, located in Coed-y-paen, three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales. Prescoed is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service , and acts as a satellite prison of the nearby HMP Usk .
The number of people rough sleeping following release from prison has more than trebled in Wales, according to new figures. Analysis of Ministry of Justice data shows 332 people managed by the ...
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List of prisons in the United Kingdom is a list of all 141 current prisons as of 2024 in the United Kingdom spread across the three UK legal systems of England and Wales (122 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in current use.
HM Prison Swansea (Welsh: Carchar Abertawe EF) is a Category B/C men's prison, located in the Sandfields area of Swansea, Wales. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service , and is colloquially known as 'Cox's farm', after a former governor.
His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the ...