HMP North Sea Camp

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North Sea Camp is an open Category D prison, which opened in 1935 as a Borstal. The original group of staff and trainees set out from Stafford Prison and established a tented camp at the site. They immediately began building a permanent structure, some of which remains to this day. They also set out reclaiming land from The Wash by building a new sea bank in front of the old one. The land in the enclosures was further drained and converted into prime agricultural land. This work was completed in 1979. The reclaimed land was used for farming before being sold in 2004.

In 1988, North Sea Camp became an adult, male open prison.

Governor: Norman Warwick

Operational capacity: 306 as of 12th August 2005

Accommodation: The rooms on North and South Units are multi occupancy. Harrison and Llewellin Units (the resettlement units) have single rooms.

Reception criteria: Normal reception arrangements. North Sea Camp is a Category D prison and accepts all suitable persons who fit North Sea Camp's criteria.

Notable prisoners
Steve P Taylor (writer) in 1998
Jeffrey Archer in 2001-2002
Gary Hart (guilty of causing the Selby rail crash) in 2003
Zafar Q Iqbal (Victim Of The System!)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_Camp_(HM_Prison)
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Coordinates:   52°56'23"N   0°4'1"E

Comments

  • i lost jop knocked rugby post down been up 30 years back on sea front by was there in 1962 the coldist winter ever got easy jop on tcutting grass tractor
  • just had a look at moorlands open prison to see if my fella would be better off there - and by the looks of the place alone i think he will be better off staying where he is bless him. its nothing like hmp nottingham, thank god, so he'll probably stay put until his resettlement starts which wont be long.
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