HM Prison
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Her Majesty's Prisons (His Majesty's Prisons in the case of a male monarch) is the name given to prisons in the United Kingdom, including some in Australia and a small number in Canada, Grenada and Barbados. The title makes up part of the name of individual prisons and is usually abbreviated to HM Prison or HMP.
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Australia[edit]
- See also: List of Australian prisons
The title of HM Prison is given to a fair number of prisons in Australia.
Barbados[edit]
The title of HM Prison is given to Dodds Prison in St. Philip, and the former Glendairy Prison in Station Hill, St. Michael.
Belize[edit]
The Belize Museum was formerly a HM prison.
Canada[edit]
Her Majesty's Penitentiary at 85 Forest Road in St. John's, Newfoundland — built in 1859, still operational[1] as a mens and womens correctional facility of the Department of Justice and Public Safety of Newfoundland and Labrador.[2]
Gibraltar[edit]
- HM Prison Moorish Castle (defunct)
- HM Prison Windmill Hill
Grenada[edit]
The title of Her Majesty's Prisons (Grenada) is given to the Richmond Hill Prison in Saint George's, Grenada. The prison was built by the French in 1860 as a Military Hospital and was converted into a Prison in 1880.
United Kingdom[edit]
See also[edit]
- Hong Kong Correctional Services - British Colonial prison system from 1879 to 1997
- ‘At Her Majesty's pleasure’: a prison sentence of indefinite length
References[edit]
- ^ "Institutional Services". Justice.gov.nl.ca. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/corrections/institutional_services.html