Glasshouse (British Army)
- Glasshouse (British Army)
A Glasshouse, or The Glasshouse was the term for a military prison in the British Army. The first military prisons were established in 1844. The term "Glasshouse" originated at the military prison at Aldershot, which had a glazed roof. Over time, the sobriquet came to be applied to all British Army prisons. This prison, called the Detention Barracks, had begun as several barracks in 1856, before being replaced by a single, large building, modelled on civilian prisons, in 1870. This building was destroyed by fire in a riot of 1946. "Glasshouses" gained a reputation for brutality, as depicted in Allan Campbell McLean's novel, "The Glass House", and the Sean Connery film, The Hill. Today, the British Army has only one remaining prison, the "Military Corrective Training Centre" at Colchester. It has a special unit for convicts who are being transferred to HM Prison Service to serve their sentences.
The Glasshouse at Colchester has been described in the ITV Anglia TV-documentary series, "The Real Red Caps", (2003).
External links
* [http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/aldershot/faq/glasshouse.html Hampshire County Council. Aldershot Military Museum: The Glasshouse - The Aldershot Military Detention Barracks]
* [http://www.whfp.com/1717/top2.html West Highland Free Press: Focus on Allan Campbell McLean, author of "The Glasshouse"]
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