- Woodhill (HM Prison)
Infobox HM Prison
name = HMP Woodhill
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opened =1992
type = Adult Male/Category A
figures = 762 (February 2004)
location =Milton Keynes ,Buckinghamshire
governor = Luke Serjeant
prisonid = 407HMP Woodhill is a Category A (high security)
prison on the western edge ofMilton Keynes ,England , with a remand unit for localmagistrate court use. It opened in July 1992 and was extended in 1996. In 2001, a "protected witness unit" was added. There is a young offenders unit on an adjacent site.The regime at Woodhill includes full-time and part-time classes. Other features include a Job Club, and listener schemes. Woodhill also has a multi-faith full-time
Chaplaincy . There is a Visitor's Centre at the prison, run by thePrison Advice and Care Trust .In the news
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/prisons/story/0,,1703927,00.html Jail failed to improve safety despite deaths] . (
The Guardian )
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3003510.stm Woodhill Prison, dubbed as 'Britain's Alcatraz'] . (The BBC )Address
Tattenhoe Street (V2), Woodhill, Milton Keynes, MK4 4DA
"(near its junction with H5 Portway, which begins life as the A509 at M1 Junction 14.)"
External links
* [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=407,15,2,15,407,0 HM Prison Service page for Woodhill] .
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