HM Prison
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United Kingdom
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
and Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. The title makes up part of the name of individual prisons and is usually abbreviated to HM Prison or HMP.
Australia
- See also: List of Australian prisons
The title of HM Prison is given to a number of prisons in Australia.
Grenada
The title of Her Majesty's Prisons (Grenada) is given to the Richmond Hill Prison in Saint George's, Grenada. The prison was built by the French in 1860 as a Military Hospital and was converted into a Prison in 1880.Barbados
The title of HM Prison is given to Dodds Prison in St. Philip, and the former Glendairy PrisonGlendairy Prison
Glendairy Prison, also called Her Majesty's Prison, was the correctional facility located in the country of Barbados. The prison, which housed up to 1,000 male and female inmates, was located in Station Hill, St. Michael.-History:...
in Station Hill, St. Michael.
See also
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons
- Her Majesty's Young Offender InstitutionHer Majesty's Young Offender InstitutionHer Majesty's Young Offenders Institution is a type of British prison intended for offenders aged between 18 and 20, although some prisons cater for younger offenders from ages 15 to 17, who are classed as juvenile offenders...