Bristol (HM Prison)

Bristol (HM Prison)

Infobox HM Prison
name = HMP Bristol


size = 200px
caption = Horfield Prison, Bristol
opened =
type = Adult Male/Category B
figures = 606 (January 2006)
location = Bristol, England
governor = Kenny Brown
prisonid = 282,15,2,15,282,0

HMP Bristol is a category B (male) local prison located in the Horfield area of Bristol. The term 'local' means that this prison holds people on remand to the local courts. It also acts as a category B facility for the southwest of England. HMP Bristol up until 2004 was part of the high security estate holding category A prisoners. It currently holds remand prisoners as well as convicted prisoners, including prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment.

Bristol's history includes fourteen executions, of which the last took place on the 17 December 1963 when Russell Pascoe was hanged for the murder of William Rowe during a robbery. His accomplice Dennis Whitty met the same fate at HMP Winchester on the same morning.

External links

* [http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/prisoninformation/locateaprison/prison.asp?id=282,15,2,15,282,0 HMP Bristol official site]


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