HM Prison Hydebank Wood explained

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Prison Name:	His Majesty's Prison Hydebank Wood
Location:	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Status:	Fully operational
Classification:	Medium
Capacity:	306 single cell accommodation inc. YOC
Opened:	Unknown
Managed By:	Northern Ireland Prison Service

HM Prison Hydebank Wood, also known as Hydebank Wood College and Women's Prison,^[1] is a women's prison and young offender's centre located in South Belfast.

Young male offenders

A young offenders centre (YOC) holding young male prisoners is located on the same site.^[2] The YOC houses young males between 18 and 24 years of age, and the site has also been used at times to hold immigration detainees.^[3] The institution put a great deal of effort into improving the diet of young offenders and this transformed many of them for the better.^[4]

External links

• Northern Ireland prison service

References

1. Web site: Visiting Hydebank Wood College and Women's Prison. Department of Justice. 13 September 2023.
2. Web site: Hydebank Wood - NI Prison Service . 2009-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100903144449/http://www.niprisonservice.gov.uk/index.cfm/area/information/page/hydebankwood . 2010-09-03 . dead .
3. Web site: The Prison Within. Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. 1 July 2007.
4. The Guardian (London) 8 August 2015 Doing porridge: prison, school and hospital meals put to the test