Durham (HM Prison)

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HM Prison Durham is a prison located in Durham, County Durham, England. It is currently a category B local prison for adult male prisoners, primarily serving the courts of County Durham, Wearside and Teesside. The prison has an operational capacity of 919 inmates (as of November 2005). HMP Durham previously operated a female high security wing with 120 prisoners but this was discontinued and the prisoners transferred elsewhere following reports from HM Inspectorate of Prisons concluding that HMP Durham was unsuitable for housing female prisoners, following several suicides.

The prison was built in the early 19th century and is adjacent to Durham's Crown Courts. The prison was the site of a number of executions.

[edit] Famous inmates

• Rose West [1]
• Myra Hindley

[edit] External links

• HM Prison Service information.
• HM Inspectorate of Prisons report concluding HMP Durham was unsuitable for housing female prisoners (pdf).
• Final HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on women at HMP Durham (pdf).