| HMP Ranby | |
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| Opened | 1970s |
| Management | HM Prison Service |
| Prison type | Adult Male/Category C |
| Prisoner figures | 1098 (August 2008) |
| Location | Ranby, Nottinghamshire |
| Governor | Louise Taylor |
| Information | www.justice.gov.uk |
HM Prison Ranby is a Category C men's prison, located in the village of Ranby in Nottinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
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Ranby was converted in the early 1970s from its original use as a World War II British Army camp. Some of the army billet accommodation remains at the prison today. Some purpose built accommodation was added to the complex in 1980s, and two further wings were opened in February 1996. Two more wings of the prison were opened in Summer 1998.
In September 2002, the Prison Reform Trust criticised conditions at Ranby Prison, after a study found that prisoners were not always offered privacy from their cell mates while using the toilets. The Trust labelled the practice as "degrading".[1]
Two years later, the Independent Monitoring Board stated that Ranby Prison was overcrowded and had problems with safety standards. The Board claimed that vulnerable prisoners' safety in particular was being put at risk, especially at night. However the Board also praised the prison for its work in education, physical education and chaplaincy.[2] A year later the Board called for a new wing to replace the oldest part of the prison.[3]
In September 2006, a prisoner who was serving a six-year-and-11-month sentence for supplying drugs escaped from Ranby. The prisoner hid in a rubbish lorry, but was spotted jumping from the lorry in Worksop.[4]
In August 2007, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons raised concerns about security and drug use at Ranby Prison. The report also criticised the prison's anti-bullying programmes, accommodation and resettlement work.[5]
A new wing at Ranby was opened in March 2008, with capacity for an extra 60 prisoners.
Ranby is a Category C training prison for sentenced adult males. Accommodation at the prison is divided between 11 wings:
HMP Ranby provides farms, gardens and workshop places to occupy inmates. Education at the prison is mainly focused on basic and key skills. Other facilities at the prison include a gym and a multi-faith chaplaincy.
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