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Originally Posted by punky
How the hell did a triple murderer end up in Ford Open Prison anyway?
And how comes a prisoner in Sussex gets day release to walk around Liverpool? Are they going to drive him there and back every day?
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You know I didn't believe it till I read it but:
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Ford
HMP Ford is a category D training establishment with an emphasis on resettlement.
A former Fleet Air Arm Station, it converted to an open prison in 1960. Further buildings were added including a gate complex, chapel, education and probation.
Accommodation comprises of single and two-person rooms. Two dormitories remain in use, which will be converted by mid 2005.
Governor: Fiona Radford
Accommodation: Dormitory and single room accommodation.
Operational Capacity: 541 as of 10 March 2005
Reception Criteria: Category "D"
Regime: An expanded induction programme is in place supported by the prisoner peer support group (FOCUS). Work opportunities include farms and gardens, vocational work in workshops as well as opportunities for long term prisoners to work in the community on rehabilative and reparation work through the community services department. Education provision includes a wide-range of courses that enable prisoners to gain key vocational and academic qualifications. Specialist Training Services provide a job Club, which offers a full range of job seeking activities and support for all prisoners regardless of their length of sentence. Ford has a prisoner Listener group that provides confidential emotional support to other prisoners.
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CAT D, work opportunities, working in the community?? For a 3 times child killer???? WTF is going on here????