Whitemoor (HM Prison)

Whitemoor (HM Prison)

Infobox HM Prison
name = HMP Whitemoor


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opened = 1992
type = Adult Male/Category A
figures = 458 (August 2008)
location = March, Cambridgeshire
governor = Steve Rodford
prisonid = 423

HM Prison Whitemoor is a prison near the town of March in Cambridgeshire, England.

Built on an old railway marshalling yard, Whitemoor prison is a maximum security prison for men, first opened in 1992. It houses around 500 of the most dangerous prisoners in the UK. The prison houses a Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) unit and a Close Supervision Centre (CSC). The centre is a prison inside the prison. As a whole, HMP Whitemoor will not accept any prisoners who are serving less than 4 years.

The regime at HMP Whitemoor includes vocational training courses in construction industry and furniture craft, and Production workshops involve recycling work and a Laundry. The prison offers full-time, half-time and part-time education courses including basic skills, GCSEs, Level 3 Access to Higher Education, and Open University courses.

The Healthcare Centre at Whitemoor includes a nine bed In-patients' facility. The Centre employs a full-time doctor and provides twenty-four hour nursing services. Out of hours medical cover is provided by an on-call service. Other facilities at Whitemoor include a gymnasium and prison shop.

In September 1994 six prisoners, including Paul Magee and other IRA members, escaped from the prison's Special Secure Unit after smuggling guns into the prison. All were later recaptured.

External links

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* [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=428,15,2,15,423,0 HMP Whitemoor official site]


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