HM Prison Hindley is a male

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, located in the village of

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(near

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) in

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. Hindley is operated by

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History

Hindley Prison opened in 1961 as a

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. In 1983 it was re-classified as a Youth Custody Centre. Hindley was then re-classified as an adult prison and in 1997 it became a joint prison and Young Offenders Institution. In 2015 Hindley was reclassified as a full adult jail for offenders over the age of 21. In 2002,

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recorded many good initiatives taking place at Hindley, particularly in suicide prevention, drugs strategy, sentence planning and joint work with the

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service to monitor and act on racial incidents. However the Inspector criticised inadequate reception procedures, insufficient purposeful activity and patchy help with resettlement at the prison. In December 2004 a security alert was sparked when two inmates staged a roof-top

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at Hindley Prison. More than 100 extra staff were drafted in to deal with a

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at the prison on 5 October 2005. It took more than seven weeks to fully restore the prison wing after the riot which caused more than £145,000 damage.

The prison today

The Youth Justice Board announced on 23 October 2014 that it will be withdrawing completely from Hindley. Hindley Prison is no longer a youth offender prison. It holds Category C male prisoners from the age of 18 upwards. Accommodation at the prison is made up of seven secure units, consisting of single and double cells. Hindley is a combined establishment with a regime that offers opportunities for inmates to gain qualifications, address offending behaviour, and reintegrate into society on their release. Regime provision includes learning and skills, as well as workshop places (which include

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skills) and

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. Hindley also operates a listener and peer support scheme for those who may be at risk of

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. The prison's medical provision includes an in-patient healthcare facility and a mental health day care centre.

Notable inmates

Will Cornick On 28 April 2014, 61-year-old teacher Ann Maguire (5 April 1953 – 28 April 2014) was stabbed to death while teaching a Spanish lesson at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Halton Moor, Leeds, England. The perpetrator, William "Will" Cornick, wh ...

, jailed in 2014 for a minimum of 20 years for murdering his schoolteacher

References

External links

Ministry of Justice pages on Hindley

HMP Hindley - HM Inspectorate of Prisons Reports
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hindley (Hm Prison) Prisons in Greater Manchester Young Offender Institutions in England Juvenile prisons in England 1961 establishments in England