Warren Hill (HM Prison)
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HM Young Offenders Institution Warren Hill is a male juvenile's prison
located near the village of Hollesley
in Suffolk
, England
. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service
, and is situated next to Hollesley Bay Prison
.
Young Offenders. In January 2000, Warren Hill was re-rolled to hold juvenile prisoners, and an additional wing called the 'Carlton Unit' was opened on the site to hold teenage murderers. In April 2002, Hollesley Bay and Warren Hill became two separate prisons, with separate management and regimes.
In November 2007, the Independent Monitoring Board
issued a report calling for £1million to be invested on improved facilities at Warren Hill Prison. The Board recommended that the money be spent on a new reception and a first night unit at the prison, as new prisoners were often left in segregated units with inmates undergoing punishment regimes, until they could be transferred to other parts of the prison.
Warren Hill provides education and skills training for prisoners. The prison's gym
also operates a range of activities and courses. Warren Hill's Juvenile Activity Centre accommodates a drug rehabilitation project and a special education intervention group. There is also a special leisure area for inmates who earn privileges.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
located near the village of Hollesley
Hollesley
Hollesley is a village and civil parish in the Suffolk Coastal district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the Bawdsey peninsula five miles south-east of Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 1,400.Hollesley Bay Prison is located nearby....
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service
Her Majesty's Prison Service
Her Majesty's Prison Service is a part of the National Offender Management Service of the Government of the United Kingdom tasked with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales...
, and is situated next to Hollesley Bay Prison
Hollesley Bay (HM Prison)
HM Prison Hollesley Bay, known locally as Hollesley Bay Colony or simply The Colony, is a Category D men's prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Hollesley, about 8 miles from the town of Woodbridge in Suffolk, England...
.
History
Opened in 1982 as part of Hollesley Bay Prison, Warren Hill as used to hold Category CPrison security categories in the United Kingdom
There are four prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom used to classify every adult prisoner for the purposes of assigning them to a prison. The categories are based upon the severity of the crime and the risk posed should the person escape....
Young Offenders. In January 2000, Warren Hill was re-rolled to hold juvenile prisoners, and an additional wing called the 'Carlton Unit' was opened on the site to hold teenage murderers. In April 2002, Hollesley Bay and Warren Hill became two separate prisons, with separate management and regimes.
In November 2007, the Independent Monitoring Board
Independent Monitoring Board
Independent Monitoring Boards are statutory bodies established by the Prison Act 1952 to monitor the welfare of prisoners in the UK to ensure that they are properly cared for within Prison and Immigration Centre rules, whilst in custody and detention...
issued a report calling for £1million to be invested on improved facilities at Warren Hill Prison. The Board recommended that the money be spent on a new reception and a first night unit at the prison, as new prisoners were often left in segregated units with inmates undergoing punishment regimes, until they could be transferred to other parts of the prison.
The prison today
Warren Hill holds juvenile males in a closed security category environment. Prisoners are housed in single occupancy cells, each with its own sanitation, aside from one cell which accommodates two occupants.Warren Hill provides education and skills training for prisoners. The prison's gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
also operates a range of activities and courses. Warren Hill's Juvenile Activity Centre accommodates a drug rehabilitation project and a special education intervention group. There is also a special leisure area for inmates who earn privileges.