Greenock (HM Prison)

HMP Greenock serves designated courts in western Scotland by holding male prisoners (both adult and under 21s) on remand, and short-term convicted prisoners. It provides a national facility for selected prisoners serving 12 years or over, affording them the opportunity for progression towards release. It also accommodates a small number of prisoners for a range of management and operational reasons. Although officially labelled as "HMP Greenock" it continues to be known by its original name "Gateside Prison".

enior Management

HMP Greenock's Governor is Mrs Teresa Medhurst and the Deputy Governor is Mr Martin MacDonald.

Residential areas

HMP Greenock is divided into three separate residential areas, known as "halls".

Ailsa Hall

Ailsa Hall is the Prison's largest hall with a design capacity of 131, although this is usually exceeded. [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/hmip/docs/gre2001-05.asp] It holds all of Greenock's remand prisoners, short term prisoners (STPs) and a small selection of long term prisoners (LTPs). This hall consists of mainly shared accommodation with electric power in cells and integral sanitation facilities.

Darroch Hall

Darroch Hall has recently changed to accommodate Short Term, convicted Young Offenders. This hall consists of mainly single accommodation with electric power in cells and integral sanitation facilities. Darroch Hall is designed to accommodate 57 prisoners.

Chrisswell House

The role of Chrisswell House is to prepare LTPs for progression to open conditions at HMP Castle Huntly and HMP Noranside. The most recent of builds on the site, it has electric power in cells with shared sanitation facilities. Chrisswell House is designed to hold 60 prisoners.

Visits

Visits are run 7 days a week, with four sessions run Monday - Friday and three sessions at the weekend. The times below apply to both remand and convicted prisoners.

Ailsa Hall prisoners may receive visitors on any day of the week.

Darroch Hall prisoners may receive visitors every day of the week, except on a Friday and a Saturday. Each prisoner's visiting allowance is dependent upon their status, which can be Basic, Standard or Enhanced.

Chrisswell House prisoners may receive visitors generally on any day of the week.

Further details of local rules may be obtained at [http://www.sps.gov.uk/default.aspx?documentid=F9DC2357-363F-40E7-8909-F8DC1B8E5E7C HMP Greenock visiting page] or by telephoning the vestibule officer on 01475 88 33 00.

Monday to Friday

Sessions last a maximum of 50 minutes during the week, but can be cut to 30 minutes should any operational need arise, for example, an incident occurring between sessions.

Session 1: 14:00 - 14:50
Session 2: 15:10 - 16:00
Session 3: 18:50 - 19:40
Session 4: 20:00 - 20:50

aturday & Sunday

Sessions last a maximum of 40 minutes at the weekend, but again may be cut to 30 minutes for operational reasons. [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2006/20060094.htm#63 Rule 63 of The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 for convicted prisoners] and [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2006/20060094.htm#64 Rule 64 of The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 for untried and civil prisoners]

Session 1: 13:45 - 14:25
Session 2: 14:45 - 15:25
Session 3: 15:45 - 16:25

References

1. [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/hmip/docs/gre2001-05.asp Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland, Report on HM Prison Greenock 2001]

External links

* [http://www.sps.gov.uk Scottish Prison Service]
* [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/106696/0025664.pdf Full inspection report published February 2006]