HM Prison Winchester

HMP Winchester
HM Prison Winchester
Map
LocationWinchester, Hampshire
Security classAdult Male/Category B
Capacity706 (as of April 2013)[1]
Population685[2] (as of February 2014)
Opened19th century
Managed byHM Prison Service
GovernorJames Bourke
WebsiteWinchester at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison Winchester is a Category B men's prison, located in Winchester, Hampshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

History

There has probably been a prison in Winchester, mainly known as Winchester gaol, since the thirteenth century.[3]

A substantial part of the former County Gaol, rebuilt 1788 and 1803 of three storeys in Classical style, the predecessor of the present Winchester Prison and now converted to commercial use, survives in Jewry Street.[4]

Winchester Prison was built between 1846 and 1850 to a Victorian radial design, with five 'spokes' radiating from a central hub carrying a turret prominent on the Winchester skyline. Four of these wings are now used for prisoner accommodation and one for administration. The prison occupies an elevated site in Romsey Road screened by a massive brick wall and bank. The central gatehouse was originally open to the street, but has been enclosed by the wall. The site contains the shell of the Victorian treadwheel house - a rare survivor.[5]

In 1867, the public execution of the notorious murderer Frederick Baker - who abducted and dismembered eight-year-old Fanny Adams - drew a 5,000-strong crowd. This would become the last public hanging held outside the prison.[6] Between 1900 and 1963, 16 male executions took place at the prison. The last was that of Dennis Whitty, convicted of capital murder at Cornwall Assizes, and hanged on 17 December 1963. The prison featured (as Wintoncester Prison) in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles[5] as the site of Tess's execution although, in fact, no female has been executed at the present prison.

In 1995 serial killer Rosemary West, wife of Fred West, was held in Winchester on remand for the duration of her trial in Winchester Crown Court. Each day she was driven from her specially built unit within the male segregation block half a mile down the road to the court.[7]

In December 2001, a convicted murderer escaped from Winchester Prison by scaling the wall. The prisoner went on the run after using a home-made handsaw to saw through the bars of his ground floor cell window. He then used a rope and grappling hook to scale the 30-feet wall of the prison. The prisoner was recaptured days later.[8]

In August 2003, a Prison Reform Trust report stated that overcrowding at Winchester Prison was an ongoing problem. 54.7% of prisoners were sharing cells which were designed for one person. There had also been three suicides at the jail in the previous year.[9]

In April 2005, an inspection report from His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons stated that Winchester Prison was overcrowded and prisoners did not have enough work to do. The report also said that vulnerable inmates were not well protected and relations between staff and prisoners were not good. However, the report praised prisoner resettlement and improvements in healthcare at the jail.[10]

The Inspectorate was still dissatisfied with Winchester at their inspection in 2010, stating that staff were unnecessarily rude and that prisoners spent too long in their cells with nothing to do. The team was especially critical of the discrimination that occurred between the West Hill annexe and the main prison in terms of employment and purposeful activity.[11]

The prison today

Winchester is a Category B prison for adult males which also houses young offenders aged over 18. The prison is currently undergoing major refurbishment with a build programme lasting 5 years. Work already completed includes changes to the health care, first night and detoxification centres, as well as a new electrical system, renewal of the fire and general alarms, a new visits complex and pedestrian access at the main gate. The rebuilding of C wing, that was suffering from age decay, was completed in 2008 and the first prisoners were moved into the new cells in October 2008.

The Prison has 4 wings. The first being "A" Wing that was supposed to house induction inmates for their first night but has since turned into a permanent wing. "B" Wing is the biggest wing which is mainly there for remanded prisoners. "C" wing is the drug detox wing and houses prisoners that are there with drug issues mainly. "D" is the vulnerable prisoner wing and houses prisoners that are a threat to themselves or in fear of attack from other prisoners. E wing is used for offices. There is a category C offshoot called "Westhill" which has 3 wings. "Alfred", "Temple" and "Wykeham". There is also a D Cat offshoot called "The Herne" which has 40 cells, all single.

By December 2010, the Prison offered a limited selection of Freeview channels to all cells.

The regime at HMP Winchester claims to deliver an average of 22 hours of purposeful activity per prisoner per week. However, this is regularly disputed by inspection reports[12] and prisoners themselves.

Education at the prison is provided through Milton Keynes College, and is available irrespective of academic ability, but only limited courses are available to prisoners segregated under Prison Rule 45. Other facilities include a prison gym.

There have been many deaths in Winchester Prison. Daryl Hargrave aged 22 hanged himself in Winchester Prison on 19 July 2015, a day after another prisoner at the jail took his life. The inquest into Hargrave's death found adequate mental health care had not been provided, despite repeated warnings Hargrave was at risk of self harm. Hargrave had repeatedly self-harmed and attempted suicide and suffered mental health problems from a young age. In the days before his death Hargrave was clearly psychotic and told staff he planned to harm himself according to lawyers. The day before his suicide, Hargrave cut himself and told a nurse he was 'ground down by voices telling him to kill himself.' The nurse asked for him to be moved to an observation cell and put on constant watch. The prison's two observation cells were in use and Hargrave was instead put in a corner cell which one nurse described as the "worst place to put someone who was suicidal, as it was out of sight, out of mind". Consultant forensic psychiatrist, Dr Dinesh Maganty, said Hargrave showed clear evidence of psychosis and a GP or psychiatrist should have seen him urgently. Maganty said Hargrave should have received medication to help with anxiety and agitation due to his psychosis and criticised failure to provide it. The governor told the jury in 2015, just 41% of staff were sufficiently trained in suicide and self-harm prevention. This has now risen to 61% but progress was slow as because of 'resourcing issues' and the governor accepted this is not good enough.[13] A coroner found neglect contributed to Daryl Hargrave's death. A prison inspection found the prison was "insufficiently safe" and anti-bullying measures were ineffective.[14]

Many prisoners spend just 45 minutes a day out of their cells. There is weak support for prisoners at risk of self harm and there have been five suicides since the last inspection in 2014. New prisoners are reasonably well treated, initiatives to prevent violence are good and the prison is making progress in many areas. However limits to time out of cells reduces the good the prison can do.[15] After a prisoner took his own life in September 2016 there were complaints over lack of suicide prevention training among the staff.[16]

Notable former inmates

References

  1. ^ "Winchester Prison information". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Report on an announced inspection of HMP Winchester" (PDF). HM Inspectorate of Prisons. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ^ Brinkman, Barrie (2 September 2008). "Winchester Prison". Weeke Local History. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ Bullen (2010), p. 681.
  5. ^ a b c Bullen (2010), p. 660.
  6. ^ "Weeke local History - Winchester Prison". www.weekehistory.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b Beckett, Andy (24 September 1995). "Winchester waits for West trial invasion". The Independent. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Escaped prisoner found". BBC News. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  9. ^ "Jail overcrowding 'ongoing problem'". BBC News. 13 August 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  10. ^ "Under-fire jail criticised again". BBC News. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  11. ^ "Report on an unannounced short follow-up inspection of HMP Winchester (13–16 September 2010) by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons" (PDF). Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons. 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Report on an Announced inspection of HMP Winchester 16-20 April 2007" (PDF). Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  13. ^ Allison, Eric (9 April 2017). "Grave concerns about future deaths' at Winchester prison where five men died". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. ^ "'Neglect' contributed to Winchester prison inmate's death". BBC News. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  15. ^ "HMP Winchester inmates 'locked in cells for 23 hours a day'". BBC News. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  16. ^ Shaw, Danny (13 March 2018). "Mother's despair at son's death in Winchester Prison". BBC News. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  17. ^ "The courage that brings peace". Peace Pledge Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  18. ^ "There were times I'd hold officers back and let the prisoners just get on with it". Evening Chronicle. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Basil Bunting Poetry Centre: Basic Bunting - A Basic Chronology". Durham University. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  20. ^ Bowcott, Owen (30 April 2005). "Veteran animal rights activist jailed after threat in court". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

51°03′47″N 1°19′41″W / 51.063°N 1.328°W / 51.063; -1.328

Read other articles:

Gambell

Questa voce sull'argomento centri abitati dell'Alaska è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. GambellcityGambell – Veduta LocalizzazioneStato Stati Uniti Stato federato Alaska Census AreaNome TerritorioCoordinate63°46′34″N 171°42′03″W / 63.776111°N 171.700833°W63.776111; -171.700833 (Gambell)Coordinate: 63°46′34″N 171°42′03″W / 63.776111°N 171.700833°W63.776111; -171.700833�...

 

 

Athletic Bilbao

Athletic BilbaoNama lengkapAthletic Club[1]JulukanLos Leones (Singa)Berdiri1898; 125 tahun lalu (1898)StadionStadion San Mamés(Kapasitas: 53,289[2])Presiden Jon UriartePelatih Ernesto ValverdeLigaLa Liga2022–2023La Liga, ke-8 dari 20Situs webSitus web resmi klub Kostum kandang Musim ini Stadion San Mames, Kandang Athletic Club Athletic Club atau biasa disebut dengan Athletic Bilbao atau hanya Athletic, adalah sebuah tim sepak bola Spanyol yang berbasis di Bilbao, ...

 

 

الدوري اليوناني 1998–99

يفتقر محتوى هذه المقالة إلى الاستشهاد بمصادر. فضلاً، ساهم في تطوير هذه المقالة من خلال إضافة مصادر موثوق بها. أي معلومات غير موثقة يمكن التشكيك بها وإزالتها. (نوفمبر 2019) الدوري اليوناني 1998–99 تفاصيل الموسم الدوري اليوناني  النسخة 40،  و63  البلد اليونان  المنظم الات�...

Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

2020 Paralympic sporting event Paratriathlonat the XVI Paralympic GamesParatriathlon pictogram of the 2020 Summer ParalympicsVenueOdaiba Marine ParkDates28 to 29 August 2021Competitors80 in 8 events←20162024→ Triathlon at the2020 Summer ParalympicsPTS2womenPTS4menPTS5menwomenPTVImenwomenPTWCmenwomenvte Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Odaiba Marine Park. It was the second time that paratriathlon was scheduled in the Paralympics.[1] Ei...

 

 

Hitoshi Uematsu

Questa voce sull'argomento pattinatori su ghiaccio giapponesi è solo un abbozzo. Contribuisci a migliorarla secondo le convenzioni di Wikipedia. Hitoshi Uematsu Nazionalità  Giappone Short track Palmarès Competizione Ori Argenti Bronzi Olimpiadi 0 0 1 Giochi asiatici 0 1 0 Per maggiori dettagli vedi qui   Modifica dati su Wikidata · Manuale Hitoshi Uematsu (植松 仁?, Uematsu; 21 giugno 1974) è un ex pattinatore di short track giapponese. Indice 1 Biografia 2 Carri...

 

 

Cheonggukjang

Korean fermented soybeans CheonggukjangPlace of originGoguryeo (Korea)Region or stateEast AsiaMain ingredientsSoybeanSimilar dishesNatto  Media: Cheonggukjang CheonggukjangKorean nameHangul청국장Hanja淸麴醬TranscriptionsRevised RomanizationcheonggukjangMcCune–Reischauerch'ŏnggukchang Cheonggukjang (Korean: 청국장; Hanja: 淸麴醬) is a traditional Korean food made by fermenting soybeans. It contains whole, as well as ground soybeans. Production It c...

King of Thorn

King of Thornいばらの王(Ibara no Ou)GenreFantasi gelap[1] MangaPengarangYūji IwaharaPenerbitEnterbrainPenerbit bahasa InggrisAUS Madman EntertainmentNA TokyopopMajalahComic BeamDemografiSeinenTerbitOktober 2002 – Oktober 2005Volume6 Film animeSutradaraKazuyoshi KatayamaProduserJun'ichi KimuraYoshimasa TsuchiyaSkenarioKazuyoshi KatayamaHiroshi YamaguchiMusikToshihiko SahashiStudioSunrisePelisensiAUS Madman EntertainmentNA FunimationUK Manga EntertainmentTayang1 Mei 2010Durasi10...

 

 

Grande mela

Questa voce o sezione sull'argomento New York non cita le fonti necessarie o quelle presenti sono insufficienti. Puoi migliorare questa voce aggiungendo citazioni da fonti attendibili secondo le linee guida sull'uso delle fonti. New York L'espressione Grande mela (Big Apple in inglese) è utilizzata per definire colloquialmente la città di New York. Fu resa popolare negli anni venti del XX secolo dal cronista sportivo John J. Fitz Gerald. Origine del nome La prima menzione dell'espress...

 

 

Open di Zurigo 1994

Open di Zurigo 1994 Sport Tennis Data 3 ottobre – 9 ottobre Edizione 11a Superficie Sintetico indoor Campioni Singolare Magdalena Maleeva Doppio Manon Bollegraf / Martina Navrátilová 1993 1995 L'Open di Zurigo 1994 è stato un torneo femminile di tennis giocato sul sintetico indoor. È stata l'11ª edizione del torneo, che fa parte della categoria Tier I nell'ambito del WTA Tour 1994. Si è giocato nell'Hallenstadion di Zurigo in Svizzera, dal 3 al 9 ottobre 1994. Indice 1 Campionesse 1....

Barbara Ann's Bar-B-Que

Restaurant in Illinois, United StatesBarbara Ann's Bar-B-QueMotel and restaurant in 2008Restaurant informationEstablished1967Previous owner(s)Barbara Ann BracyDelars and Bertie BracyHead chefGarry KennebrewMack SevierStreet address7617 South Cottage Grove AvenueCityChicagoCountyCook CountyStateIllinoisCountryUnited States Barbara Ann's Bar-B-Que was a barbecue restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. It was attached to the Barbara Ann's Motel, and both businesses were founded by Delars and Bertie Bra...

 

 

美国众议院

此條目需要补充更多来源。 (2021年7月4日)请协助補充多方面可靠来源以改善这篇条目，无法查证的内容可能會因為异议提出而被移除。致使用者：请搜索一下条目的标题（来源搜索：美国众议院 — 网页、新闻、书籍、学术、图像），以检查网络上是否存在该主题的更多可靠来源（判定指引）。 美國眾議院 United States House of Representatives第118届美国国会众议院徽章 众议院旗...

 

 

Aras-wangi

Aras-wangi Calocedrus Calocedrus decurrensCalifornia incense cedarTaksonomiDivisiPinophytaKelasPinopsidaOrdoPinalesFamiliCupressaceaeSubfamiliCupressoideaeGenusCalocedrus Tata namaGender of a scientific name of a genusfeminin lbs Calocedrus, aras-wangi atau aras-dupa adalah genus pohon jenis konifera dalam keluarga cemara Cupressaceae yang pertama kali dideskripsikan sebagai genus pada tahun 1873.[1] Tiga spesies berasal dari Asia bagian timur dan satu spesies berasal dari Amerika Uta...

Parolise

ParoliseKomuneComune di ParoliseLokasi Parolise di Provinsi AvellinoNegaraItaliaWilayah CampaniaProvinsiAvellino (AV)Luas[1] • Total3,22 km2 (1,24 sq mi)Ketinggian[2]546 m (1,791 ft)Populasi (2016)[3] • Total686 • Kepadatan210/km2 (550/sq mi)Zona waktuUTC+1 (CET) • Musim panas (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Kode pos83050Kode area telepon0825Situs webhttp://www.comune.parolise.av.it Parolise adalah seb...

 

 

Andrew Santino

American Comedian Andrew Henry SantinoSantino in 2024PseudonymSlugger Santino,[1] The Red Rocket, Agent Orange, Cheeto Dust Cultivator,[2] Cheeto Santino,[3] The Last of the Great Gingers[4]Birth nameAndrew Henry SantinoBorn (1983-10-16) October 16, 1983 (age 40)Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[5]MediumStand-up comedy, film, television, podcastingEducationArizona State UniversityYears active2006–present[6]GenresObservational comedy, blue come...

 

 

NGC 3314

Spiral galaxies in the constellation Hydra This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: NGC 3314 – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message) NGC 3314NGC 3314a (foreground) and NGC 3314b (background) taken by the Hubble Space TelescopeObservation d...

Canada–China relations

See also: List of ambassadors of Canada to China This article appears to be slanted towards recent events. Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. (May 2023) Bilateral relationsCanada–China relations Canada China Diplomatic missionCanadian Embassy, BeijingChinese Embassy, Ottawa, OntarioEnvoyDominic BartonAmbassador Cong Peiwu Embassy of Canada in China Embassy of China in Canada Canada–China relations, or Sino-Canadian...

 

 

一中同表

一中同表，是台灣处理海峡两岸关系问题的一种主張，認為中华人民共和国與中華民國皆是“整個中國”的一部份，二者因為兩岸現狀，在各自领域有完整的管辖权，互不隶属，同时主張，二者合作便可以搁置对“整个中國”的主权的争议，共同承認雙方皆是中國的一部份，在此基礎上走向終極統一。最早是在2004年由台灣大學政治学教授張亞中所提出，希望兩岸由一中各表�...

 

 

ThinkProgress

American progressive news website ThinkProgressType of siteNews and political blogsAvailable inEnglishFounded2005Dissolved2019OwnerCenter for American Progress Action FundEditorJudd Legum, Faiz ShakirURLthinkprogress.orgCurrent statusDefunct ThinkProgress was an American progressive news website that was active from 2005 to 2019. It was a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAP Action), a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Founded by ...

Lincoln Links

Minor league baseball teamLincoln Links1906–1961 Lincoln, Nebraska Minor league affiliationsPrevious classes Class B (1959–1961) Class A (1947–1958; 1924–1927; 1906–1917) Class D (1938–1939; 1928–1936; 1922–1923) Previous leagues Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1959–1961) Western League (1947–1958; 1924–1927; 1906–1917) Western League (Class D) (1939) Nebraska State League (1938; 1928–1936; 1922–1923) Major league affiliationsPrevious teams Chicago White Sox ...

 

 

Football Australia

Sports governing body For the 2012 unofficial organisation, see Football Australia (defunct sporting federation). Football AustraliaAFCFounded 1961; 63 years ago (1961) 2004[1] (current format) HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaFIFA affiliation1963; 61 years ago (1963)AFC affiliation2006; 18 years ago (2006)AFF affiliation2013; 11 years ago (2013)ChairmanAnter IsaacWebsitewww.footballaustralia.com.au F...