HM Prison Aberdeen (formerly known as Craiginches) was a medium-security prison, located in the

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, Scotland. The prison was managed by the

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. Known as one of the most overcrowded prisons in Scotland, it had a design capacity of 155 and was contracted to hold up to 230 prisoners. However, on the first day of an inspection in January 2009 it held 264 prisoners. In 2014, it was closed in favour of the new

HMP Grampian HMP & YOI Grampian is a high security prison in Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of ...

. In its latter years it saw an increase in inmates from outside the Grampian Sheriffdom, mainly from

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and London. The diverse population led to many internal feuds and disputes. It ran exceptional

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programmes and was a pioneer for drug projects such as drug use kits etc. The management also wished to pilot a

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programme. In August 2007 Aberdeen Prison was chosen to pilot a new initiative called the Substance Related Offending Behaviour Program (SROBP) piloted by Officers Graeme Robson and Allan Dewar which looked at prisoners finding the relationship between their substance use and their offending behaviour. This programme has been very successful in reducing rates of recidivism. Aberdeen Prison was also recognised for its investment in in-house Bereavement Counseling services facilitated by Graeme Robson and Wayne Lawson. On 4 June 2008, it was announced that HMP Aberdeen and

HMP Peterhead HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013. Since June 2016, the former grounds operate as the Peterhead Prison Museum. History Peterhead Convict Prison was built around 1888. It was designe ...

would be merged into a "Super Prison" and a new state of the art prison built on the Peterhead site. A new tranche of managers were recruited identifying key skills such as prisoner management, problem solving, project management and compliance. Initially identified was Graeme Robson who is now a Residential Compliance Manager. The "Super-Jail" can accommodate approx 500 prisoners and the new prison is known as HMP Grampian. Aberdeen Prison which served predominantly Aberdeen city and its environs has been closed and have been replaced by

HMP & YOI Grampian HMP & YOI Grampian is a high security prison in Peterhead, Scotland. It is the only such facility in the northeast of the country, having replaced the former HMPs in Aberdeen and Peterhead in 2014. It is the newest jail in Scotland and amongs ...

, a prison located in Peterhead which has been described as a "community facing Prison". However 70% of Grampian's populace is from Aberdeen city.

Henry John Burnett Henry John Burnett (5 January 1942 – 15 August 1963) was the last man to be hanged in Scotland, and the first in Aberdeen since 1891. He was tried at the high court in Aberdeen from 23 to 25 July 1963 for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas G ...

, the last man to be executed in Scotland, was

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inside the prison on 15 August 1963.

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Scottish Prison Service, Aberdeen2004 HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report2009 HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aberdeen (Hm Prison) 1890 establishments in Scotland Prisons in Scotland Execution sites in Scotland Buildings and structures in Aberdeen 2014 disestablishments in Scotland

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