HM Prison Send is a

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women's

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in the extreme south of Ripley nearer Send in

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, England. Its

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. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

History

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isolation hospital on its site became a prison in 1962 when it opened as a Junior Detention Centre. It remained as such until 1987 when it was re-classified as a Category C Adult Male Training Prison. Send was demolished and completely rebuilt by 1999, opening as a closed Female Training Prison. In August 2005, a report by the Independent Monitoring Board criticised a marked increase in

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and

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amongst inmates and lack of staff, whereas it praised the prison's education provision and its farms and gardens scheme.

The prison today

Send is a closed prison for adult females. It houses an 80-bed Resettlement Unit, a 40-bed Therapeutic Community, a 20-bed Progression PIPE and a 20-bed Preparation PIPE. HMP Send's Education Department runs Key Skills courses and

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s in

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Administration. The Farms and Gardens department offers

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NVQs, and the Works Department run an industrial workshop and painting party. Prisoners held in the Resettlement Unit can also do voluntary work, attend College courses and Work Placements in the outside community.

Notable inmates

Former

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References

External links

* {{Prisons in South East England Prisons in Surrey Send 1962 establishments in England