HM Prison Noranside ( north of
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
off the A90) was a low-security prison, located in
Noranside
Noranside is a hamlet
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, Scotland. The prison was managed by the
Scottish Prison Service
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government tasked with managing prisons and Young Offender Institutions.
The Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, currently Teresa Medhurst, is responsible fo ...
. It had a design capacity of up to 140 prisoners. surprisingly a small number for the size of the prison. It was merged with
HMP Castle Huntly
Castle Huntly is a castle in Scotland, now used as a prison under the name ''HMP Castle Huntly''. It is located approximately west of Dundee in the Carse of Gowrie, Perth and Kinross, close to the shore of the Firth of Tay, and can be seen from ...
on 30 October 2011.
References
Defunct prisons in Scotland
Buildings and structures in Angus, Scotland
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