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Reading Prison; latest news on the old Reading prison buildings
Topic Started: 4 Sep 2013, 09:24 AM (5,620 Views)
Hayes
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After 169 years,the prison next to the forbury is to close.The Jail that once interned the great Oscar Wilde is to be demolished but nothing is yet planned to be put in its place,a bit like Kebe going to Palace then ;)

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Pity they couldn't close all those horrible coffee shops at the same time.

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It's a young offenders institute these days isn't it? With the lack of Prison spaces, is this really a smart move, or are the Govenment goaing to build more Prisons?
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there aren't so many prisons in inner city areas are there? That land must now be worth a fortune ...
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HM Prison Reading was built in 1844 as the Berkshire County Gaol in the heart of Reading, Berkshire on the site of the former county prison, alongside the site of Reading Abbey and beside the River Kennet.

Designed by George Gilbert Scott it was based on London's New Model Prison at Pentonville with a cruciform shape, and is a good example of early Victorian prison architecture. The Pentonville Prison design of 1842 was based on the design of Eastern State Penitentiary of 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It was designed to carry out what was the very latest penal technique of the time, known as the separate system. As a county gaol it also served as the site for executions, the first one in 1845 before a crowd of 10,000, the last one being carried out in 1913.

From 1916, it was used to hold Irish prisoners involved in the Easter Rising. It closed as gaol in 1920 and has also been used as internment site in both world wars, a Borstal and for a variety of other purposes.

In 1973, Reading was re-designated as a local prison and around that time its old castle wall was removed. In 1992 it became a Remand Centre and Young Offenders Institution, holding prisoners between the ages of 18 and 21 years.



HMP Reading is a young offender Institution and remand centre, holding males aged 18 to 21. Accommodation at the prison consists of a mixture of single and double occupancy cells contained on three Victorian style wings. There is also a further residential unit (Kennet wing) of single occupancy cells for low security 'open' prisoners.

The Remand centre Library service is run by Reading Borough Libraries. There are two education departments at Reading prison, one run by the Prison service and one by Milton Keynes College.



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Reading Gaol 1844

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Language guys - what's the difference between Gaol, Jail and Prison then?



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When it was built it was on the edge of the town. Now its right in the middle.

It'll be interesting to see what they do with it. I thought there was some sort of preservation order on it, grade 2 listed or something like that.

They might do the same as they did with Oxford prison. Thats now a luxury hotel.
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4 Sep 2013, 11:23 AM
It's a young offenders institute these days isn't it? With the lack of Prison spaces, is this really a smart move, or are the Govenment goaing to build more Prisons?
Another political gaff mate what we are getting used to,just to save a bit of money and 200 jobs down the swanee.At the next Tory Conference the blue rinse brigade will be shouting scroungers at them.

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4 Sep 2013, 04:15 PM
Tilehurstsouthbank
4 Sep 2013, 11:23 AM
It's a young offenders institute these days isn't it? With the lack of Prison spaces, is this really a smart move, or are the Govenment goaing to build more Prisons?
Another political gaff mate what we are getting used to,just to save a bit of money and 200 jobs down the swanee.At the next Tory Conference the blue rinse brigade will be shouting scroungers at them.
And to make matters worse, the new 2000 place prison in north Wales will be built and operated by a private contractor.
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