HM Prison
Her Majesty's Prisons (His Majesty's Prisons in the case of a male monarch) is the name given to prisons in the United Kingdom, as well as 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 at 85 Forest Road in St. John's, Newfoundland — built in 1859, still operational[1] as a men's and women's correctional facility of the Department of Justice and Public Safety of Newfoundland and Labrador.[2]
Gibraltar
- HM Prison Moorish Castle (defunct)
- HM Prison Windmill Hill
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
See also
- Hong Kong Correctional Services - British Colonial prison system from 1879 to 1997
- ‘At Her Majesty's pleasure’: a prison sentence of indefinite length
References
- ↑ "Institutional Services". Justice.gov.nl.ca. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ↑ http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/corrections/institutional_services.html