Greenock Prison and HM Prison Greenock: Difference between pages

HMP Greenock serves designated courts in the West of Scotland by holding male prisoners (both adult and under 21s) on remand, and short-term convicted prisoners. It provides a national facility for selected prisoners serving 12 years or over, affording them the opportunity for progression towards release. It also accommodates a small number of prisoners for a range of management and operational reasons.

HMP Greenock's Governor is Mr Tony Simpson and the Deputy Governor is Mr Martin MacDonald.

HMP Greenock is divided into three separate residential areas, known as halls.

Ailsa Hall is the Prison's largest hall with a design capacity of 131, although this is usually exceeded.[1] This hall holds all of Greenock's remand prisoner's, short term prisoners (STP's) and a small selection of long term prisoners (LTP's). This hall consists of mainly shared accommodation with electric power in cells and integral sanitation facilities.

Darroch Hall holds selected LTP life sentence prisoners from mainstream establishments pending progression to national top end facilities at Chrisswell House in HMP Greenock or Pentland Hall in HMP Edinburgh and a selection of other LTP's. This hall consists of mainly single accommodation with electric power in cells and integral sanitation facilities. Darroch Hall is designed to accommodate 57 prisoners.

The role of Chrisswell House is to prepare LTP’s for progression to open conditions at HMP Castle Huntly and HMP Noranside. The most recent of builds on the site, it has electric power in cells with shared sanitation facilities. Chrisswell House is designed to hold 60 prisoners.

Visits are run 7 days a week, with four sessions run Monday - Friday and three sessions at the weekend. The times below apply to both remand and convicted prisoners.

Ailsa Hall prisoners may receive visitors on any day of the week.

Darroch Hall prisoners may receive visitors every day of the week, except on a Friday and a Saturday.

Chrisswell House prisoners may receive visitors generally on any day of the week.

Further details of local rules may be obtained at HMP Greenock visiting page or by telephoning the vestibule officer on 01475 88 33 00.

Sessions last a maximum of 50 minutes during the week, but can be cut to 30 minutes should any operational need arise, for example, an incident occurring between sessions.

Session 1: 14:00 - 14:50
Session 2: 15:10 - 16:00
Session 3: 18:50 - 19:40
Session 4: 20:00 - 20:50

Sessions last a maximum of 40 minutes at the weekend, but again may be cut to 30 minutes for operational reasons. Rule 63 of The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 for convicted prisonersand Rule 64 of The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 for untried and civil prisoners

Session 1: 13:45 - 14:25
Session 2: 14:45 - 15:25
Session 3: 15:45 - 16:25

1. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland, Report on HM Prison Greenock 2001

Scottish Prison Service
Full inspection report published February 2006

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