Lindholme (HM Prison)

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Coordinates: 53.54° N 0.97° W

Lindholme Prison, situated on Lindholme Moor in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, is a split site comprising a category C medium security prison and an Immigration Removal Centre.

[edit] History

Formerly an RAF Station built in 1942 to house and operate bombers, during its lifetime Lindholme was home to the RAF Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS) & also the RAF Navigation School. BCBS moved out in 1972, and RAF Lindholme became a radar installation with its hangars converted over for storage, eventually being downgraded to a relief glider landing field and closing altogether shortly thereafter. It re-opened as a prison in 1985. Most of the original buildings and hangars are still in use as accommodation, offices and workshops.

Main article: RAF Lindholme

[edit] The Prison

The prison lies on the A614, approximately 8 miles due east of Doncaster and three miles south from Hatfield, South Yorkshire. Lindholme houses up to 730 prisoners, shortly to increase to nearly 1000 with new wings being constructed. The old Officers Mess building forms the central part of the Immigration Removal Centre, dealing with the holding and subsequent deportation of illegal immigrants. The old married quarters for the airmen now form a residential estate.

[edit] External links

• HM Prison Service - Locate a Prison - Lindholme