HM Prison Send

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Women's prison in Surrey, England

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::summary Women's prison in Surrey, England ::

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Field	Value
prison_name	HMP Send
image	'D' Block, H.M. Prison Send - geograph.org.uk - 2326218.jpg
caption	Perimeter fence and 'D' Block
location	Ripley, Surrey
classification	Adult Female/Closed Category
population	282
populationdate	May 2009
opened	1962
managed_by	HM Prison Services
governor	Esther Dainton
website
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History

HM Prison Send was formerly the site of a smallpox isolation hospital which closed in 1952. In 1962, it opened as a Junior Detention Centre. It remained as such until 1986 when it was re-classified as a Category C Adult Male Training Prison. In 1998, it became a women's prison, and was demolished and rebuilt the following year.

In August 2005, a report by the Independent Monitoring Board criticised a marked increase in self-harm and suicide amongst inmates and lack of staff, whereas it praised the prison's education provision and its farms and gardens scheme.

The prison today

Send is a closed prison for adult females. It houses an 80-bed Resettlement Unit, a 40-bed Therapeutic Community, a 20-bed Progression Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) and a 20-bed Preparation PIPE.

HMP Send's Education Department runs Key Skills courses and NVQs in Business Administration. The Farms and Gardens department offers Floristry NVQs, and the Works Department run an industrial workshop and painting party. Prisoners held in the Resettlement Unit can also do voluntary work, attend College courses and Work Placements in the outside community.

Notable inmates

Current

Louise Lancaster – climate change activist

Former

References

"HMP Send".
(14 February 2024). "Send Prison".
(3 December 1955). "Hospital limits". Surrey Advertiser.
(23 July 1960). "Detention centre plan approved by minister". Surrey Advertiser.
(14 July 1962). "First boys arrive at detention centre". Surrey Advertiser.
(24 November 1986). "Tory MPs back ‘treatment’ for end to custody for under-18s". The Guardian.
Pullen, Carley. (1 May 1998). "Prison bans men crooks". Woking Informer.
O’Brien, Christy. (20 August 2022). "Life in the shadow of a Surrey prison where residents say it's a 'nice place to live'". Surrey Live.
(9 August 2005). "Jail to tackle self-harm numbers".
Lancaster, Louise. (25 January 2025). "I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary". The Guardian.
(29 November 2009). "Killer Fergie aide may get two years for escaping". [[Daily Express]].
Keay, Lara. (19 February 2022). "Woman suing NHS over poor mental healthcare in prison faces extradition back to the same jail".
(15 October 2018). "Vanessa George's ex-husband fears she'll 'hoodwink' judge to secure release". [[Plymouth Herald]].
(30 November 2020). "Mairead Philpott: Mother who killed six children in fire freed from jail". Sky News.
(2008). "The UK's annual national show of Art by Offenders". Southbank Centre.
"The Break Up, 2012 - The Ingram Collection". Inside Out collection.

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