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Grendon Prison holds category B & C adult male prisoners in England & Wales. Each the six wings of the prison is a therapeutic community which operates autonomously. Based on therapeutic community principles, the therapeutic programmes of the prison include teams of [[Physician|doctor]]s, [[psychiatric nurse]]s, [[Licensed Professional Counselor|counsellor]]s and prison officers who work with inmates individually and in groups to promote rehabilitation and tackle reoffending. |
Grendon Prison holds category B & C adult male prisoners in England & Wales. Each the six wings of the prison is a therapeutic community which operates autonomously. Based on therapeutic community principles, the therapeutic programmes of the prison include teams of [[Physician|doctor]]s, [[psychiatric nurse]]s, [[Licensed Professional Counselor|counsellor]]s and prison officers who work with inmates individually and in groups to promote rehabilitation and tackle reoffending. |
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All residents have to apply for their places within Grendon, and residents can be removed immediately if they do not adhere to the rules and responsibilities which each wing agrees on. |
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There is intensive psychotherapy which takes place in the weekday morning(s), with work in and around the prison taking up the afternoon. |
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Each of the 6 communities lives under the '4 pillars of a Therapeutic Community' which encourage Facing Reality, Community, Permissiveness and Democracy. These standards can mean different things to different people but generally are the ideals that the individual communities live up to. |
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This prison has its downfalls, with the ever growing costs of employing some of the best Psychotherapists in the country there have been limited funding for some of the other areas of the Prison, for instance the Visitors Centre, although voted one of the best in the Country is still not able to serve hot food. |
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Grendon Prison has a visits centre, which has been awarded a [[Charter Mark]] for its facilities. These include an inside children's playroom and an outside play area, a baby changing room, toilets, and a canteen. |
Grendon Prison has a visits centre, which has been awarded a [[Charter Mark]] for its facilities. These include an inside children's playroom and an outside play area, a baby changing room, toilets, and a canteen. |
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Revision as of 11:16, 18 January 2018
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| Location | Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire |
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| Security class | Adult Male/Category B |
| Capacity | 238 |
| Population | 212 (as of August 2013) |
| Opened | 1962 |
| Managed by | HM Prison Services |
| Governor | Dr Jamie Bennett |
| Website | Grendon at justice.gov.uk |
HM Prison Grendon is a Category B men's prison, located in the village of Grendon Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is jointly managed with HMP Spring Hill which is situated next to Grendon.
History
Opened in 1962, Grendon was initially used as an experimental psychiatric prison and psychiatric unit for prisoners with antisocial personality disorders. It developed into a therapeutic community (tc) prison based upon principles established at the Henderson Hospital in London. There are five, sometimes six discrete therapeutic communities, each with over 40 resident prisoners. In 2014, a small tc opened for prisoners with learning disabilities who had previously been excluded from treatment. This 'TC+' was modelled on similar projects begun the previous year at Dovegate and Gartree Prisons.
Grendon has been one of the most researched forensic establishments in the world and has established standards for good relationships between staff and residents, and low levels of violence and self-harm. Research studies have shown lower levels of reoffending for men who stay longer than eighteen months.
Over the years, Grendon has slowly evolved into a mainstream prison with a standard regime. However the prison is the United Kingdom's only therapeutic prison community for the treatment of serious sex offenders and violent offenders.
Three prisoners escaped from Grendon in October 2001. The three inmates (two of whom were serving life sentences for murder) were recaptured days later.[1]
A prisoner at Grendon serving 18 years for robbery escaped in June 2003 while at the John Radcliffe Hospital for treatment.[2]
In October 2006 another prisoner escaped whilst returning to Grendon. The inmate had been released on a temporary licence, and was being driven back to the prison by officers, when he jumped out of the moving car on to a motorway, and escaped.[3]
The prison today
Grendon Prison holds category B & C adult male prisoners in England & Wales. Each the six wings of the prison is a therapeutic community which operates autonomously. Based on therapeutic community principles, the therapeutic programmes of the prison include teams of doctors, psychiatric nurses, counsellors and prison officers who work with inmates individually and in groups to promote rehabilitation and tackle reoffending.
All residents have to apply for their places within Grendon, and residents can be removed immediately if they do not adhere to the rules and responsibilities which each wing agrees on.
There is intensive psychotherapy which takes place in the weekday morning(s), with work in and around the prison taking up the afternoon.
Each of the 6 communities lives under the '4 pillars of a Therapeutic Community' which encourage Facing Reality, Community, Permissiveness and Democracy. These standards can mean different things to different people but generally are the ideals that the individual communities live up to.
This prison has its downfalls, with the ever growing costs of employing some of the best Psychotherapists in the country there have been limited funding for some of the other areas of the Prison, for instance the Visitors Centre, although voted one of the best in the Country is still not able to serve hot food.
Grendon Prison has a visits centre, which has been awarded a Charter Mark for its facilities. These include an inside children's playroom and an outside play area, a baby changing room, toilets, and a canteen.
References
- ^ "ENGLAND | Three escaped convicts captured". BBC News. 2001-10-01. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ^ "UK | England | Oxfordshire | Search for escaped prisoner". BBC News. 2003-06-26. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ^ "UK | England | Manchester | Prisoner escapes from moving car". BBC News. 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2012-08-07.