HM Prison Friarton (later Friarton Detention Centre, Friarton Borstal and Friarton Hall Young Offenders Institution) was a place of detention for young (male) offenders aged between 16 and 21. It was located on the outskirts of

Perth, Scotland Perth (; ) is a centrally located Cities of Scotland, Scottish city, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and is the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population of about ...

, opposite the southern end of the city's Friarton Island. It occupied the former site of Friarton Fever Hospital,Perth and Kinross
- Historic Hospitals designed by Perth natives J. & G. Young."GPK Young"
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Upon its opening in 1963, it became one of two such establishments in Scotland, the other being South Inch House (what is now HM Prison Glenochil) in

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. The facility was established after South Inch House reached its capacity. It changed from being a

youth detention centre In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC),Stahl, Dean, Karen Kerchelich, and Ralph De Sola. ''Abbreviations Dictionary''. CRC Press, 20011202. Retrieved 23 August 2010. , . juvenile dete ...

into being a

Borstal A borstal is a type of youth detention centre. Such a detention centre is more commonly known as a borstal school in India, where they remain in use today. Until the late 20th century, borstals were present in the United Kingdom, several mem ...

four years later, after South Inch House expanded its capacity, before becoming a young offenders institute in April 1970. In 1999, the Institution became part of

HM Prison Perth HM Prison Perth is a prison in Perth, Scotland, which houses remand, short term, long term and life adult male prisoners (those prisoners serving under four years). It was originally constructed to hold French prisoners captured during the Napo ...

, just over a mile to the north on the same Edinburgh Road, and its buildings demolished to make way for a

housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision (land), subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to count ...

. In 2010, the facility within HM Prison Perth it moved to was put on the market because it was "underused and had inadequate facilities"."Spacious and secure Friarton prison hall going on market"
- '' The Courier'', 7 February 2020

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Friarton Hall's inmate and staff count on 1 May 1967
- Parliament.uk {{Prisons in Scotland Prisons in Perth, Scotland Friarton Young offender institutions in Scotland 1963 establishments in Scotland Government agencies established in 1963