Breadcrumb Trail - You are here Prison Estate / Hydebank Wood /
Hydebank Wood
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Governor: | Austin Treacy |
Staffing: | 279 staff |
Capacity: | 306 in single cell accommodation |
Brief description: | A Young Offenders' Centre and Prison located in South Belfast opposite the entrance to Belvoir Park Hospital. |
The Centre accommodates all young male offenders aged between 17 and 21 years on conviction, serving a period of 4 years or less in custody and all female prisoners including young offenders.
Under the terms of the Treatment of Offender's Act, a male inmate can remain at Hydebank Wood to the day before his twenty fourth birthday.
Arrangements can be made to accommodate younger people at Hydebank Wood. Legislation also permits inmates of 15 years old to be held in Hydebank Wood if their crime is deemed to be of a very serious nature.
Female offenders transferred from Mourne House, Maghaberry to Hydebank Wood in June 2004. Female immigration detainees are also held in the female unit.
