HMP Gartree

United Kingdom / England / Kibworth Harcourt /
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Gartree opened in 1965 as a category C training prison but quickly changed its role and came within the high security system, reverting to a category B prison in 1992.

Since then the population of life sentenced prisoners has been growing and in 1997 its role changed to that of a main lifer centre.

Governor: Julia Morgan

Accommodation: Single cells

Operational capacity: 577 as of 28th November 2006

Reception criteria: First and second stage lifers, as allocated by Lifer Unit.

Regime: Prisoners are employed in the prison workshops, gardens and education and in offending behaviour programmes.

www.justice.gov.uk/contacts/prison-finder/gartree
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Gartree
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Coordinates:   52°29'43"N   -0°57'41"E
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