HM Prison Wymott

HMP Wymott
Location	Ulnes Walton, Lancashire
Security class	Adult Male/Category C
Population	1176 (as of March 2009)
Opened	1979
Managed by	HM Prison Services
Governor	Terry Williams
Website	Wymott at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison Wymott is a Category C men's training prison, located in the village of Ulnes Walton (near Leyland), in Lancashire, England. Wymott is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and is situated next to HMP Garth. The prison has facilities for housing sex offenders, in addition to inmates sentenced for mainstream offences.

History

Wymott Prison opened in 1979 as short term category C prison. In 1986 there was a large prison riot at Wymott which caused serious damage to the fabric of living units of the jail. In 1993, another major riot left the prison on the brink of total evacuation.^[1] Two wings were demolished and replaced with new units as a result of the damage, whilst the remaining original wings were refurbished and turned into sex offender accommodation.

The prison today

Wymott is a Category C prison for adult males. The prison also has facilities for vulnerable prisoners (mainly sex offenders). VPs are housed in units A, B, F, G, & I wings. VPs cook the food for the entire prison and work at tailoring & printing duties, as well as the canteen shop for all local prisons.

The prison works in partnership with Leyland Trucks in training prisoners in key skills in preparation for possible employment such as interview techniques, CV preparation, and aptitude and personality questionnaires. It also has a 70-place Therapeutic Community, which operates independently of the prison itself and aims to help inmates remain drug-free after their release.

Notable inmates

Ched Evans, Welsh international footballer, convicted of rape in 2012 and jailed for five years. Released Friday 17 October 2014.

Stuart Hall, BBC sports presenter and former It's a Knockout host. Released 16 December 2015 ^[2]

References

↑ "Prison riot video turns up at car boot sale". bbc.co.uk. 5 February 1998. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/12053639/Paedophile-Stuart-Hall-home-for-Christmas-after-serving-half-his-sentences.html?fb_ref=Default

External links

Coordinates: 53°40′42″N 2°45′01″W / 53.6784°N 2.7502°W / 53.6784; -2.7502

Prisons in North West England

Active	Altcourse Buckley Hall Forest Bank Garth Haverigg Hindley Kennet Kirkham Lancaster Farms Liverpool Manchester Preston Risley Styal Thorn Cross Wymott

Defunct	Belle Vue Gaol Lancaster Castle

Buildings and structures in the Borough of Chorley

Grade I

Grade II*

Bank Hall Buckshaw Hall Carr House Cuerden Hall Rivington Hall Rivington Village Green Tea Room

Places of worship	Chorley: St George St Laurence Euxton: Parish Church Rivington: Unitarian Chapel

Grade II

Great House Barn Rivington Hall Barn Runshaw Hall Shaw Hill

Places of worship	Adlington: Christ St Paul Bretherton: St John the Baptist Brindle: St James Euxton Hall: Chapel Hoghton: Holy Trinity Mawdesley: St Peter Rivington: Church

Scheduled
monuments

Round Loaf

Unlisted

Charnock Richard Services Chorley Interchange Chorley and South Ribble District General Hospital Coppull Mill HM Prison Garth HM Prison Wymott Mavis Mill Rivington services Winter Hill transmitting station Yarrow Bridge

Places of worship	Preston England Temple

Derelict or
demolished

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