Glendairy Prison, also called
Her Majesty's Prison, was the correctional facility located in the country of
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
. The prison, which housed up to 1,000 male and female inmates, was located in
Station Hill,
St. Michael.
History
The prison was built in 1855 before being destroyed in a prison uprising on 29–30 March 2005. The replacement for Glendairy, known as
HMP Dodds
Dodds Prison, previously called Her Majesty's Prison Dodds until the dissolution of the Barbadian Crown, is a prison in Barbados at Dodds, St. Philip.
It was built as a replacement for HM Glendairy Prison
Glendairy Prison, also called Her Ma ...
was opened on 15 October 2007 at
Dodds, St. Philip.
A Commission of Inquiry has been set up to aid in an investigation of events which led to the riot and resulting fire.
Proposed alternate uses for the property have included: a rehabilitation centre for ex-offenders, halfway housing for persons addicted to drugs, or housing of individuals with a known mental illness.
Controversies involving the prison
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In popular culture
Scenes of Glendairy Prison were featured in season six of the television show ''
Locked Up Abroad
''Banged Up Abroad'' (rebadged as ''Locked Up Abroad'' in Asia and the United States, and ''Jailed Abroad'' in India, for the National Geographic Channel) is a British documentary/ docudrama television series created by Bart Layton that was p ...
''. Documentaries and books have also been written by British prisoners at the new prison including Will Mellor
and Terence Donaldson, who wrote ''Hell in Barbados''.
Further reading
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See also
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Barbados Police Service
The Barbados Police Service (BPS), previously called the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF), is the law enforcement agency in Barbados, as established under the Police Act, Cap. 167. Richard Boyce is currently Commissioner of the Police.
The BP ...
(BPS)
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Defunct prisons in Barbados
Military of Barbados
Saint Michael, Barbados
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