Cardiff (HM Prison)

Infobox HM Prison
name = HMP Cardiff


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opened = 19th Century
type = Adult Male/Local
figures = 754 (April 2005)
location = Cardiff, South Wales
governor = Sian West
prisonid = 306
HMP Cardiff is a Category ‘B’ Local / Training Prison, holding male adult prisoners who are drawn predominantly from the surrounding court catchment area in South Wales.

The 3 Victorian wings have undergone a major refurbishment programme. The prison’s capacity was extended in 1996 by the commissioning of 3 new wings (C, D and E) and the number of life-sentenced prisoners has increased to 96.

Governor: Sian West

Accommodation: Cellular

Operational Capacity: 754 as of 21st April 2005

Regime: Cardiff’s regime includes full time education, employment in the prison workshops, and training courses. There is a resettlement unit that offers prisoners various offending behaviour programmes and work based courses, and a Detoxification Unit accommodating 50 prisoners.

History

A total of 20 judicial executions took place at Cardiff prison. The condemned prisoners were hanged for the crime of murder. Their names, ages and dates of execution are:

* William Lacey, 29 yrs, 21st August 1900
* Eric Lange, 30 yrs, 21st December 1904
* Rhoda Wills, 44 yrs, 14th August 1907 (female)
* George Stills, 30 yrs, 13th December 1907
* Patrick Collins, 24 yrs, 30th December 1908
* Hugh McLaren, 29 yrs, 14th August 1913
* Edgar Bindon, 19 yrs, 25th March 1914
* Alec Bakerlis, 24 yrs, 10th April 1917
* Thomas Caler, 23 yrs, 14th April 1920
* Lester Hamilton, 25 yrs, 16th August 1921
* George Thomas, 26 yrs, 9th March 1926
* Edward Rowlands, 40 yrs, 27th January 1928
* Daniel Driscoll, 34 yrs, 27th January 1928
* William Corbett, 32 yrs, 12th August 1931
* George Roberts, 29 yrs, 8th August 1940
* Howard Grossley, 37 yrs, 5th September 1945
* Evan Hadyn Evans, 22 yrs, 3rd February 1948
* Clifford Wills, 31 yrs, 9th December 1948
* Ajit Singh, 27 yrs, 7th May 1952
* Mahmood Mattan, 28 yrs, 3rd September 1952 (later found to be innocent)

The remains of executed prisoners were buried in unmarked graves within the prison walls, as was customary. Many years later, after capital punishment had been abolished in the UK, all human remains were exhumed from the prison grounds and reburied elsewhere. [http://www.cherishedland.com/clients.htm]

External links

* [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=306,15,2,15,306,0 HM Prison Service : Cardiff Prison]