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HM Prison Blundeston was a Category C men's prison, located in the Village of Blundeston in Suffolk, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and closed in December 2013. ==History== Opened in 1963 with four wings, Blundeston Prison was expanded in 1975 with two additional wings. In 1996 the prison came under intense criticism after six inmates escaped whist being transferred to other jails. The escapers had allegedly been running their own 'criminal empire' at Blundeston before their transfer. Further controversy hit the prison in 2003 when a prison officer was "sacked for making an insulting remark about...Osama bin Laden." This followed reports that inmates at Blundeston had seen their fruit quota cut after some had been accused of fermenting it to make alcohol. Before closure, accommodation at the prison included 4 wings of single cells and 2 wings of 2 or 4 man cells. The therapeutic wing had single cell accommodation. Blundeston provided workshops, training courses, a Listener Scheme and a full-time Resettlement Officer. The visitor centre was staffed and managed by the Ormiston Children and Families Trust with facilities including a refreshments area, toilets, public pay phone and play facilities for children. On 4 September 2013, the Ministry of Justice announced that it intends to close Blundeston Prison by March 2014. The prison formally closed in December 2013. The closure of the prison led to criticism from local politicians, 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lowestoft: Revealed - the £10m costs scandal of closing Blundeston Prison )〕 including planning proposals to allow the site to be used for a large housing development.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Calls for rethink over housing development plans for former Blundeston Prison site )〕 The Ministry of Justice stated that intended to sell the site for redevelopment by the end of 2014〔http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=865&categoryID=200074〕 however as of July 2015 the site is still not sold. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HM Prison Blundeston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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