HMP Holloway (London)

United Kingdom / England / London
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Originally constructed by the City of London and opened in 1852 as a mixed prison, became all female circa 1902. Completely rebuilt between 1971-1985 on the same site.

Governor: Sue Saunders

Operational capacity: 478 as of 31st January 2006

Accommodation: Single rooms with some dormitory accommodation.

Reception criteria: All adult and young offenders remanded or sentenced by the courts with the exception of Category A.

Regime: Regime includes both full-time and part-time education, Skills training workshops, British Industrial Cleaning Science BICS, gardens and painting. There is a fully integrated resettlement / induction strategy, which identifies individual needs and provides a structured approach for advice and guidance on such issues as housing, benefits, training and community volunteering programmes.

There are also offending behaviour programmes: FOR a change, SDP, Short duration Programme, anger management, assertion training, and domestic violence. Other programmes include desk top publishing and individual needs based work with a variety of partnership agencies. Other special features are welfare to work, Holloway befrienders scheme, listeners' schemes, programme development and community projects.
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Coordinates:   51°33'14"N   -0°7'31"E

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