Spent 4 hours in this prison yesterday and really enjoyed it..probably more than Shepton Mallet and Dana Prison.Bit of history taken from Wiki:
Designed by William Blackburn, Gloucester opened as a County Gaol in 1792, and was substantially rebuilt in 1840 with flanking brick wings by Thomas Fuljames. A new young offenders wing was built at the prison in 1971. Further improvements were made in 1987, including a new gate, administration block and visits centre. In April, 2003, Gloucester was named in a survey as "among the 20 most overcrowded jails" in the United Kingdom.The following day, the prison was the scene of a three-and-a-half-hour siege when two prisoners protested over visiting rights by barricading themselves in a cell. A Time Bank scheme was launched at Gloucester Prison in February 2006. Inmates who joined the scheme restored bicycles in the prison workshop, and this time was credited to their friends and families who could cash it in to get help from volunteers in the community.The scheme continued at the prison until its closure.
Some pics:
The original Gate House
The more modern Gate House and Reception built in 1987
Closed visit booths
The Sterile Area
Workshops near A wing
C wing
Inside A wing looking towards B wing
A wing
Chapel
Dont bend over in the showers
200 year Celebration
B wing segregation cells
Segregation cell B wing
C wing servery,the only part of the prison with a dining room..the other wings all dined in their cells
C wing cells did not have ablutions,just a communal one on each Landing.
Finishing up in B wing exercise yard now
For a more concise walk round this prison,the rest can be found here:
https://klempner69.smugmug.com/HM-Prison-Gloucester-2017/
Thanks for looking
Designed by William Blackburn, Gloucester opened as a County Gaol in 1792, and was substantially rebuilt in 1840 with flanking brick wings by Thomas Fuljames. A new young offenders wing was built at the prison in 1971. Further improvements were made in 1987, including a new gate, administration block and visits centre. In April, 2003, Gloucester was named in a survey as "among the 20 most overcrowded jails" in the United Kingdom.The following day, the prison was the scene of a three-and-a-half-hour siege when two prisoners protested over visiting rights by barricading themselves in a cell. A Time Bank scheme was launched at Gloucester Prison in February 2006. Inmates who joined the scheme restored bicycles in the prison workshop, and this time was credited to their friends and families who could cash it in to get help from volunteers in the community.The scheme continued at the prison until its closure.
Some pics:
The original Gate House
The more modern Gate House and Reception built in 1987
Closed visit booths
The Sterile Area
Workshops near A wing
C wing
Inside A wing looking towards B wing
A wing
Chapel
Dont bend over in the showers
200 year Celebration
B wing segregation cells
Segregation cell B wing
C wing servery,the only part of the prison with a dining room..the other wings all dined in their cells
C wing cells did not have ablutions,just a communal one on each Landing.
Finishing up in B wing exercise yard now
For a more concise walk round this prison,the rest can be found here:
https://klempner69.smugmug.com/HM-Prison-Gloucester-2017/
Thanks for looking
I would like to see this one
