HM Prison Dumfries services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 males who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports.[1] The prison was built in 1883 by Thomas Bernard Collinson and extended with additions in 1988.[2][3] The old building is a Category B Listed Building.[4] It is one of only three purpose built 19th century prisons still in use, the others being HM Prison Perth and HM Prison Barlinnie.[4]
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| Location | Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway |
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| Status | Operational |
| Capacity | 200 (February 2009) |
| Managed by | Scottish Prison Service |
| Governor | Andrew Hunstone |
Residential units
editThere are five main residential halls A, B, C, D and E and a basement B Zero which includes prisoners on observation/separation.[5]
Notable prisoners
edit- Kevin Guthrie, actor and convicted sex offender[6]
References
edit- ^ "Dumfries Prison". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Gifford, John (2002) [1996]. Dumfries and Galloway. Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of Scotland. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 270. ISBN 9780300096712.
- ^ "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Building/Design Report (August 16, 2020, 9:58 am)". www.scottisharchitects.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ a b "HMP Dumfries including central tower, A and B halls, former entrance wing, gatehouse and boundary walls and excluding C hall, administrative complex to the west of the gatehouse and the single storey detached buildings to the north, Terregles Street, Dumfries (LB26346)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Archived from the original on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kevin Guthrie: Sunshine on Leith actor freed as sex attack sentence cut BBC (25 May 2022)
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