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Highpoint North (HM Prison)
HM Prison Highpoint North (formerly called Highpoint Prison and Edmunds Hill Prison) is a Category C men's prison, located in the village of Stradishall (near Haverhill) in Suffolk, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. History The site of Highpoint North Prison opened in 1938 as an RAF base. On its closure in 1970, the RAF base was briefly converted into a transit camp for Ugandan refugees. The prison opened in 1977 as Highpoint Prison. In 1997, the North part of Highpoint became a women's prison. On 3 October 2003, two years after the July 2001 separation of the North and South prisons, the North prison became HMP Edmunds Hill. The prison was then converted into a Category C Male establishment in January 2005. Moors Murderer Myra Hindley had been imprisoned there for almost five years before she died in West Suffolk Hospital on 15 November 2002, having been hospitalised as a result of a heart attack at Highpoint. In October 2006, 10 inmates r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stradishall
Stradishall is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Suffolk (district), West Suffolk in the English county of Suffolk. The civil parish includes a number of hamlet (place), hamlets including Farley Green. The Royal Air Force operated an airfield near Stradishall, RAF Stradishall, which was operational between 1938 and 1970. The former airfield is now the site of two category C prisons: Highpoint North (HM Prison), HMP Highpoint North and Highpoint South (HM Prison), HMP Highpoint South. Part of the former airfield remains a MOD training site which is closed to the public. There is a memorial to RAF Stradishall outside Stirling House which was once part of the officers quarters and now is a training unit for the Prison service. The village has an Anglican church dedicated to St Margaret. Notable residents * Adam Evans (Singer), grew up on the Highpoint estate * Lauri Love, activist and alleged computer system hacker. * John Reeder, Sr., (1613-1659), of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |