HM Prison Aberdeen (formerly known as Craiginches) was a medium-security prison, located in the

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, Scotland. The prison was managed by the

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. Known as one of the most overcrowded prisons in Scotland, it had a design capacity of 155 and was contracted to hold up to 230 prisoners. However, on the first day of an inspection in January 2009 it held 264 prisoners. In 2014, it was closed in favour of the new HMP Grampian and the site was redeveloped as a housing estate. Henry John Burnett, the last man to be executed in Scotland, was

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inside the prison on 15 August 1963.

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Scottish Prison Service, Aberdeen2004 HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report2009 HM Inspectorate of Prisons Report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aberdeen (Hm Prison) 1890 establishments in Scotland Prisons in Scotland Execution sites in Scotland Buildings and structures in Aberdeen 2014 disestablishments in Scotland Government buildings completed in 1890

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