The site of Highpoint North Prison opened in 1938 as an RAF base. On its closure in 1970, the RAF base was briefly converted into a transit camp for Ugandanrefugees.
The prison opened in 1977 as Highpoint Prison. In 1997, the North part of Highpoint became a women's prison. On 3 October 2003, two years after the July 2001 separation of the North and South prisons, the North prison became HMP Edmunds Hill. The prison was then converted into a Category C Male establishment in January 2005.
Moors Murderer Myra Hindley had been imprisoned there for almost five years before she died in West Suffolk Hospital on 15 November 2002, having been hospitalised as a result of a heart attack at Highpoint.
In October 2006, 10 inmates rioted at the prison, damaging toilets and shower facilities. The riot started after the inmates were caught with home brew.[1] Another home brew was involved in riots that occurred less than a year later, when inmates crafted a liquor from Marmite and fruit juice.
In May 2007 a report from the Independent Monitoring Board criticised the prison for the neglect of foreign nationals and the treatment of mentally ill offenders at the prison. The report also raised concern that the prison had lacked a Muslimchaplain for two years.[2]
The prison was renamed Highpoint North prison in 2011.[citation needed]
The prison todayedit
The Category C men's prison has an education department, and work opportunities for inmates in Data Input, Contract Cleaning, Gardens/Horticulture, and Catering. Other facilities include a gym and prison chaplaincy. The prison complex consists of six buildings. Three of these are residential treatment units which combine to house 160 men. The remaining three house 67 men each.
prison, highpoint, north, formerly, called, highpoint, prison, edmunds, hill, prison, category, prison, located, village, stradishall, near, haverhill, suffolk, england, prison, operated, majesty, prison, service, highpoint, northlocationstradishall, suffolkse. HM Prison Highpoint North formerly called Highpoint Prison and Edmunds Hill Prison is a Category C men s prison located in the village of Stradishall near Haverhill in Suffolk England The prison is operated by His Majesty s Prison Service HMP Highpoint NorthLocationStradishall SuffolkSecurity classAdult Male Category CPopulation379 as of April 2009 Opened2003 1977 Managed byHM Prison ServicesGovernorNigel SmithWebsiteHighpoint North at justice gov uk Contents 1 History 2 The prison today 3 Notable former inmates 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe site of Highpoint North Prison opened in 1938 as an RAF base On its closure in 1970 the RAF base was briefly converted into a transit camp for Ugandan refugees The prison opened in 1977 as Highpoint Prison In 1997 the North part of Highpoint became a women s prison On 3 October 2003 two years after the July 2001 separation of the North and South prisons the North prison became HMP Edmunds Hill The prison was then converted into a Category C Male establishment in January 2005 Moors Murderer Myra Hindley had been imprisoned there for almost five years before she died in West Suffolk Hospital on 15 November 2002 having been hospitalised as a result of a heart attack at Highpoint In October 2006 10 inmates rioted at the prison damaging toilets and shower facilities The riot started after the inmates were caught with home brew 1 Another home brew was involved in riots that occurred less than a year later when inmates crafted a liquor from Marmite and fruit juice In May 2007 a report from the Independent Monitoring Board criticised the prison for the neglect of foreign nationals and the treatment of mentally ill offenders at the prison The report also raised concern that the prison had lacked a Muslim chaplain for two years 2 The prison was renamed Highpoint North prison in 2011 citation needed The prison today editThe Category C men s prison has an education department and work opportunities for inmates in Data Input Contract Cleaning Gardens Horticulture and Catering Other facilities include a gym and prison chaplaincy The prison complex consists of six buildings Three of these are residential treatment units which combine to house 160 men The remaining three house 67 men each There is also a Prison Visitor Centre which is operated by the Ormiston Children and Families Trust Notable former inmates editBoy George Myra Hindley Ali Dizaei Linda CalveyReferences edit Home brew prisoners in jail riot BBC News 3 October 2006 Retrieved 7 August 2012 Report critical of jail neglect BBC News 22 May 2007 Retrieved 7 August 2012 External links editpages on Highpoint North HMP Highpoint HM Inspectorate of Prisons Reports 52 08 26 N 0 30 48 E 52 1406 N 0 5132 E 52 1406 0 5132 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HM Prison Highpoint North amp oldid 1112571722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
