HM Prison East Sutton Park is a women's open prison and young offender's institute located in the Parish of East Sutton, near Maidstone in Kent, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison & Probation Service.
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| Location | East Sutton, Kent |
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| Security class | Adult Females/Young Offenders |
| Capacity | 90 |
| Opened | 1946 |
| Managed by | His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service |
| Governor | Amy Dixon |
| Website | East Sutton Park at justice.gov.uk |
History
editEast Sutton Park Prison is based in and around an Elizabethan brick house, East Sutton Park, dating from 1570[1] and overlooking the Weald of Kent. The building was requisitioned at the start of World War II, first opened as a borstal for girls in 1946, then was re-registered to take both juvenile and adult females some years later.
In 2016 a report by His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons found "East Sutton Park to be an excellent prison where the very strong staff-prisoner relationships underpinned safety and a respectful and purposeful approach to preparing women for release. Violence of any kind was extremely rare and the tensions related to communal living were usually resolved through informal mediation rather than formal disciplinary processes".
East Sutton park, Kent. Filmer family owned East Sutton Park from about 1418 - 1916.
The prison today
editAccommodation at the prison is divided into 66 rooms of varying sizes. Work at the prison for inmates includes farm work, horticulture, meat processing and catering. East Sutton Park also offers training courses and physical education. Approximately half the prison population work in the community.
Notable former inmates
editReferences
edit- ^ Brickwork in Kent Archived 12 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine - Here's History - Kent website
- ^ Rayner, Gordon (23 November 2009). "Murderer Jane Andrews absconds from prison" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "'Black Widow' weds her third husband". 6 April 2009.
- ^ Shiv Malik (17 March 2013). "Vicky Pryce transferred to open prison in Kent | UK news | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ api
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