His Majesty's Prisons (Her Majesty's Prisons in the case of a female
monarch
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) is the name given to
prisons in the United Kingdom, as well as some in
Australia and a small number in
Canada
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,
Grenada,
Jersey
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,
The Bahamas
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and
Barbados
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. The title makes up part of the name of individual prisons and is usually abbreviated to HM Prison or HMP.
Australia
The title of HM Prison is given to a number of prisons in Australia, especially in the
state of Victoria.
Bahamas
Fox Hill Prison in Nassau was formerly known as Her Majesty's Prisons.
Barbados
The title of HM Prison was given to
HMP Dodds Prison in
St. Philip, until the crown was dissolved, it was also the name given to the former
Glendairy Prison in Station Hill,
St. Michael
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.
Belize
The
Belize Museum
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History
Built between 1854 and 1857 as a Her Majesty’s Prison while the area was still a British colony, it was a replacement for a wooden prison nearby. It was the ...
was formerly a HM prison.
Canada
His Majesty's Penitentiary at 89 Forest Road in
St. John's, Newfoundland was built in 1859, and is still operational as a men’s correctional facility of the Department of Justice and Public Safety of Newfoundland and Labrador. The provincial government is currently planning to build a new facility to replace His Majesty′s Prison.
The province of
Newfoundland Labrador operates five correctional facilities and two short-term holding cells, under the banner (HMP) His Majesty's Penitentiary.
# HMP, St. John's. (Located in the City of
St. John's, NL)
# Clarenville Correctional Centre for Women. (Located in the town of
Carenville, NL)
# Bishop's Falls Correctional Centre (Located in the town of
Bishop's Falls, NL)
# West Coast Correctional Centre. (Located in the town of
Stephenville, NL)
# Labrador Correctional Centre. (Located in the town of
Goose Bay, NL)
# St. John's Lock-up. (Located in the City of
St. Johns, NL)
# Corner Brook Lock-up. (Located in the City of
Corner Brook
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, NL)
In November 2021, the government of NL, issued a request for proposals to design, build and finance a new prison to replace the aging HMP facility.
Gibraltar
*HM Prison
Moorish Castle
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(defunct)
*
HM Prison Windmill Hill
Grenada
The title of His Majesty's Prison (Grenada) is given to the
Richmond Hill Prison in
Saint George's, Grenada. The prison is run by the
Ministry of National Security. The prison governor is Dr John Mitchell, the Commissioner of Prisons in Grenada.
United Kingdom
See also
* Hong Kong Correctional Services - British Colonial prison system from 1879 to 1997
* ‘At His Majesty's pleasure
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’: a prison sentence of indefinite length
References
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Penal system in the United Kingdom
Prisons in Australia