HM Prison Peterborough explained

Prison Name:HMP Peterborough
Location:Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Classification:Category B/Adults & Young Offenders
Capacity:840 (August 2008)
Opened:2005
Managed By:Sodexo Justice Services
Director:Ian Whiteside [1]

HM Prison Peterborough is a Category B private prison for men, and a closed prison for women and female young offenders, located in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The prison is operated by Sodexo Justice Services, and is the only dual purpose-built prison holding males and females in the United Kingdom. The prison, which has a population of around 1,100 inmates,[2] comprises four large wings, each with a separate housing arrangement for female detainees and male detainees. It is managed by the Newton Secure Training Centre (NSTC), and the associated training centre, which operates under Sodexo Services, comprises 26 housing units, ranging from 12-storey purpose built units to 10-storey semiprivate accommodation units.

History

HMP Peterborough was built on the site of the former Baker Perkins engineering works. It opened in 2005, despite protests from local residents. The Prison Service stated that Peterborough, as a 'mixed-use' prison, would become a blueprint for future prisons.[3] The prison was involved in controversy when it advertised for two holistic therapists to offer inmates reflexology, aromatherapy and Indian head massages. The MP for Peterborough, Stewart Jackson accused the prison of pampering inmates and sending out the wrong message to hard-working families.[4]

In January 2008, a national table of prisons compiled by the Prison Service revealed that the prison had performed worst out of 132 prisons and prison clusters, with low marks for reducing re-offending, organisational effectiveness and decency.[5] A month later, women prisoners complained that the food served at the jail was too high in calories, and made them put on weight. Officials at the prison claimed that healthy options were always available.[6]

In January 2013, the Ministry of Justice announced that an additional houseblock will be constructed at the prison, increasing its capacity.[7]

On 13 April 2018, a Royal Air Force bomb disposal team deployed a bomb disposal robot to interact with a silver Volkswagen Golf at the prison.[8] Authorities later stated they had been responding to a reported bomb but it proved to be a hoax.[9]

Notable inmates

Male

Female

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Director’s welcome . hmppeterborough.co.uk . 2024-06-26.
  2. Web site: Ministry of Justice . Prison population: monthly prison figures 2024 . 29 August 2024 . Gov.uk . Ministry of Justice.
  3. News: Mixed prison opens for inspection . bbc.co.uk. 9 March 2005. 30 December 2008.
  4. News: Prison 'pampering' move angers MP . bbc.co.uk. 31 May 2005. 30 December 2008.
  5. News: Private jails 'worse than public'. bbc.co.uk. 19 January 2008. 30 December 2008.
  6. News: Women losing prison flab battle. bbc.co.uk. 19 February 2008. 30 December 2008.
  7. News: Seven prison closures in England announced . BBC News . 10 January 2013.
  8. News: Bomb disposal experts at prison in Peterborough amid ongoing incident . The Daily Telegraph . 2018-04-13.
  9. News: Bomb threat at Peterborough Prison was a "hoax" . ITV News . 2018-04-14.
  10. News: Three men charged with burglary… . 11 October 2024.
  11. News: Media . P. A. . 2023-01-13 . Man sentenced to life for ‘brutal’ murder of 15-year-old girl in 1975 . 2024-10-22 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  12. Web site: Alice . Cunningham . Politician's wife Lucy Connolly jailed for race hate post . 17 October 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 18 October 2024.
  13. News: Murderer could face High Court date over trial costs . 27 November 2021 . Ely Standard . 23 May 2011.
  14. Web site: Mal . Nisha . 2021-10-04 . Nurse Lucy Letby, 31, denies murder of eight babies at hospital . 2023-08-18 . Cambridge News . en.
  15. Web site: Daughter hid parents in 'makeshift tomb' for years jailed . Matt . Lee . 11 October 2024 . Essex Live . 12 October 2024.
  16. Web site: Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast #73: The Raising of David & Chelsea . Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast . 6 April 2023 . 10 September 2019.
  17. News: Which jail is Emma Tustin in? Furious inmates 'toss salt at killer stepmum' who tortured Arthur Labinjo-Hughes . 6 December 2021 . Yorkshire Live . 4 December 2021.
  18. News: Arthur Labinjo-Hughes' father has sentence increased but no change for murderer stepmum . 6 April 2023 . CoventryLive . 30 July 2022.

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