HM Prison Downview is a women's closed category prison. It's located on the outskirts of Banstead in Surrey, England. The Surrey prison is the first in the UK to house transgender women.

Inside HM Prison Downview, ... HM Prison Service. Ministry of Justice. HM Prison Service. Sutton. Related. Staff assaults rise despite prison improvements. 3 days ago. Sussex.

One of the regular cells at Downview as pictured in a 2011 inspection by HM Inspectorate of Prisons An exercise yard at the prison, which can hold 356 women prisoners and a small number of young ...

Her Majesty's Prison Downview is an all-female prison located in Banstead, Surrey, home to some 355 adult and juvenile inmates. Inspectors found the prison was transferring women to an open prisons as ...

The Duchess of Cornwall visited a women's prison in Surrey to learn more about its rehabilitation programmes. Camilla spoke with staff and inmates at HM Prison Downview in Sutton, and was given a tour ...

It’s a damp Wednesday morning in November, and the kitchen at HMP Downview has all the sights, sounds and rules you’d expect of a busy commercial operation. Since 8am, inmates in chef whites have been ...

New HM Prison and Probation Service figures show there were 249 full-time equivalent staff members in post at Downview prison as of December. It was up from 235 the year before, and the highest ...

Machinists are chatting over the sound of overlockers amid scattered rolls of fabric, but despite its initial appearance, the Making for Change workshop is anything but ordinary. The training ...

Downview business and community engagement manager John Fraser says the prison also tries to seek out local opportunities for those unable to travel to London. Image caption, ...

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