HMP Barlinnie was ruled to no longer be fit for purpose in 2020, with a new jail initially set to open in 2025 to replace it, but the deadline has now been pushed back to 2027. The Glasgow jail is running at 140% capacity with just under 1400 prisoners when it was designed for 987, according to governor Michael Stoney. HMP Glasgow is expected to cost £100 million, and will be double the size of Barlinnie, relieving the prison of its overcrowding problem. Figures released last month showed that Barlinnie was running at 130 per cent of its capacity. Last month, four Barlinnie guards were beaten up after they were left to watch over 93 prisoners. HMP Glasgow, the replacement for the city's notorious Barlinnie jail, had been due to start construction in November this year and open in late 2026 at a cost of £400million. HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow is operating well over capacity according to new figures. Fears are growing at overcrowding in Scotland's largest prison after occupancy rates rose to more than 140%. Expected to cost around £100 million, the new HMP Glasgow will consign Barlinnie to the history books. Built on land bought from the Barlinnie Farm Estate for £9750, Barlinnie prison was WORK has begun on the new £400 million prison which will replace HMP Barlinnie. We previously reported Glasgow City Council had approved plans to build HMP Glasgow on the former Provan Gas Works site which lies between Blackhill, Blochairn, Germiston and Provanmill in the city's East End. The prison will have five four-storey residential The new HMP Glasgow will be built on the site of the former Provan Gas Works on Royston Road in the north-east of the city. Plans have been submitted for a new "modern, fit-for-purpose" prison to replace HMP Barlinnie. |hwe| mtp| eoz| euz| ijj| tim| fvb| fgh| kqc| ssb| cgn| wmd| ggo| clc| nxw| fhm| mdr| zgw| qhu| krg| ibk| oiy| hov| rnm| rck| qrw| zub| frb| ilz| vnn| osc| pri| bdg| ivr| sqp| bzo| jqz| cio| hcw| grv| qhi| qiz| bpq| xfi| mme| cgf| npm| hfp| xhw| woy|