HM Prison
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Her Majesty's Prisons is the name given to prisons in the United Kingdom, Australia, 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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[edit] Australia
- See also: List of Australian prisons
The title of HM Prison is given to a number of prisons in Australia.
[edit] Grenada
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.
[edit] Barbados
The title of HM Prison is given to Dodds Prison in St. Philip, and the former Glendairy Prison in Station Hill, St. Michael.
[edit] Canada
Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St. John's, Newfoundland was built in 1859.[1]
[edit] United Kingdom
Main article: List of prisons in the United Kingdom
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Institutional Services | Justice". Justice.gov.nl.ca. http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/corrections/institutional_services.html. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
