HM Prison Hydebank Wood

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His Majesty's Prison Hydebank Wood
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LocationBelfast, Northern Ireland
StatusFully operational
Security classMedium
Capacity306 single cell accommodation inc. YOC
Managed byNorthern Ireland Prison Service

HM Prison Hydebank Wood, also known as Hydebank Wood College and Women's Prison,[1] is a women's prison and young offender's centre located in South Belfast.

Young male offenders

A young offenders centre (YOC) holding young male prisoners is located on the same site.[2] The YOC houses young males between 18 and 24 years of age, and the site has also been used at times to hold immigration detainees.[3] The institution put a great deal of effort into improving the diet of young offenders and this transformed many of them for the better.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Visiting Hydebank Wood College and Women's Prison". Department of Justice. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Hydebank Wood - NI Prison Service". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  3. ^ "The Prison Within" (PDF). Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. 1 July 2007.
  4. ^ The Guardian (London) 8 August 2015 Doing porridge: prison, school and hospital meals put to the test


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