Local prison information

In His Majesty's Prison Service, a local prison is a type of prison where a person is detained before a trial or directly after a conviction. As of 2012...

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where people...

fact, there were three separate clusters of prisons: Pretoria Central Prison proper, Pretoria (Local) Prison and a third known only as "Maximum" or "Beverley...

located, until it was rebuilt following a major riot in 1990. It is a local prison, holding prisoners remanded into custody from courts in the Manchester...

HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (nicknamed "The Scrubs") is a Category B men's local prison, located beside Hammersmith Hospital and W12 Conferences on Du Cane...

HM Prison Liverpool (formerly Walton Gaol) is a category B local men's prison in Walton, Liverpool, England. It is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service...

HM Prison Brixton used to be a local prison but has been since 2012 a Category C training establishment men's prison, located in Brixton area of the London...

He is best known for his 1979 escape from Pretoria Local Prison (part of the Pretoria Central Prison complex), along with Stephen Lee and Alex Moumbaris...

offender female prison located on the outskirts of Ashford in Surrey, England. Bronzefield is the only purpose-built private prison solely for women...

His Majesty's Prison Lewes is a local category B prison located in Lewes in East Sussex, England. The term local means that the prison holds people on...

example of failure" within the prisons estate. Pentonville is a local prison, holding Category B/C adult males remanded by local magistrates' courts and the...

local prison located in Kingston upon Hull in England. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts. The prison...

prison. One of its main roles is that of a local prison serving the Crown Court and magistrates' courts. The prison holds sentenced prisoners aged 18 and above...

Wales. Prisons in Scotland are managed by the Scottish Prison Service and prisons in Northern Ireland are managed by the Northern Ireland Prison Service...

subsequent incarceration in, and 1979 escape from, Pretoria Local Prison (within the Pretoria Central Prison complex) with Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee. He returned...

people incarcerated in state or federal prisons and local jails. The United States has the largest known prison population in the world, it has 5% of the...

halfway houses, or prisons, jails, and other facilities operated by state or local governments that contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It also does...

HM Prison Leicester is a Category B men's Local prison, located on Welford Road in the centre of Leicester, Leicestershire, England. The term 'local' means...

The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was a psychological experiment conducted in August 1971. It was a two-week simulation of a prison environment that...

is a local and resettlement prison accepting Security Category B male prisoners. (New admissions from courts are generally sent to 'local' prisons and...

unlimited access to the prison officers and inmates for a period of eight months. Currently, New Hall is a closed female local prison which holds all categories...

is retained in the English prison system, as a remnant of the medieval idea of the castellan as head of the local prison. After the fall of the Western...

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire as a category B local prison. In 1999, the Home Office announced that Nottingham Prison was to serve as a pilot project of a potentially...

Prison Break is an American serial drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox. The series revolves around two brothers, Lincoln Burrows...

after the local area. Maori in Northland tried to persuade the Corrections Department not to upset a local taniwha by building the prison on thermal...

private prison, or for-profit prison, is a place where people are imprisoned by a third party that is contracted by a government agency. Private prison companies...

HM Prison Reading, popularly known as Reading Gaol, is a former prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison was operated by His Majesty's...

HM Prison Low Newton is a closed prison for female adults and young offenders in Brasside, County Durham, England. The prison, which is operated by His...