Building plan to expand prison
TWO NEW BLOCKS WOULD INCREASE CAPACITY AT HMP SUDBURY BY 80 INMATES
SUDBURY open prison is set to take in 80 new inmates as part of a nationwide programme to increase the capacity of Category D jails.
Plans submitted by the Ministry of Justice also include a new multifaith centre, adding a portable building for parcel storage and the creation of additional car parking.
It will also include two new accommodation blocks with 120 cells.
The plan includes the demolition of a current building which will see the loss of 40 cells, leaving the prison with a total of 80 new cells.
The jail will be able to take a total of
661 if the plan is given the go-ahead. The Ministry of Justice wants to increase the prison’s capacity to meet the forecast of the number of inmates it will have.
It also hopes to enable more prisoners to be in the right type of prisons, with Sudbury being an open jail, where many inmates move to before release.
It is part of a wider programme to add 10,000 additional prison places, which includes increasing capacity at Category D prisons across multiple sites.
HMP Sudbury is a Category D open resettlement prison, holding sentenced adult prisoners and sentenced young offenders.
The site was originally constructed as a hospital for the United States Air Force during The Second World War but has been used as a prison since 1948.
The plans have been submitted to Derbyshire Dales District Council which has consulted with various bodies, including Derbyshire police and East Staffordshire Borough Council, which have raised no objections.
The final decision on the scheme will be made by the Ministry of Justice in the next few months.
The Ministry of Justice wants to increase the prison’s capacity to meet the forecast of the number of inmates it will have.