HMP Weare

HMP Weare

HMP "Weare" is a prison ship berthed in Portland Harbour in Dorset, England.

HMP stands for "Her Majesty's Prison"

The UK established in 1997 the "Weare" as a temporary measure to ease prison overcrowding. Weare was docked at the disused Royal Navy dockyard at the Isle of Portland. On 9 March 2005 it was announced that "Weare" was to close mainly due to the costly running and it being unnecessary.

Among the options about what to do with the ship were moving it to London or sinking it in Portland Harbour or around the Isle of Portland as a man-made reef and as a diving location.

Famous inmates of HMP Weare include Dan Treacy, founder of the influential UK new-wave band Television Personalities, who was incarcerated from 1998 to June 2004 for a drug-related offence.

Breakouts

There was one recorded breakout in 2003 when an inmate reportedly "Jumped over the wall" and escaped.

External links

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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Society/crimeandpunishment/story/0,8150,1547439,00.html Guardian newspaper article]


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