HM Prison

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HM Prison Pentridge, Australia

Her Majesty's Prisons (His Majesty's Prisons in the case of a male monarch) is the name given to most prisons in the United Kingdom, some in Australia and a small number in Canada, Grenada and Barbados. The title makes up part of the name of individual prisons and is usually abbreviated to HM Prison or HMP.

Australia

See also: List of Australian prisons

The title of HM Prison is given to a fair number of prisons in Australia.

Barbados

The title of HM Prison is given to Dodds Prison in St. Philip, and the former Glendairy Prison in Station Hill, St. Michael.

Belize

The Belize Museum was formerly a HM prison.

Canada

Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's, Newfoundland — built in 1859, still operational[1]

Gibraltar

Grenada

The title of Her Majesty's Prisons (Grenada) is given to the Richmond Hill Prison in Saint George's, Grenada. The prison was built by the French in 1860 as a Military Hospital and was converted into a Prison in 1880.

United Kingdom

Main article: List of prisons in the United Kingdom
See also: Her Majesty's Prison Service, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons, and Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution

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References

  1. ↑ "Institutional Services". Justice.gov.nl.ca. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 
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