HM Prison Northeye
H.M. Prison Northeye was a prison located at Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England which was in operation from 1969 to 1992.
| Coordinates | 50°50′52″N 000°24′32″E |
|---|---|
| Security class | Category C training prison |
| Opened | 1969 |
| Closed | 1992 |
| City | Bexhill-on-Sea |
| County | East Sussex |
| Country | England |
The prison was formerly the site of a Royal Air Force Mobile Radio Unit which housed reserve equipment for the Chain Home radar station at Pevensey. It subsequently became a radar station itself, but was decommissioned in 1964. It was subsequently opened as a Category C training prison in January 1969.[1]
Prison disturbances
It was one of the prisons which participated in the prison strike organised by Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners in 1972.[2]
In 1986, 40% of the prison was destroyed when 60 of the 450 inmates rioted in response to being locked in their cells for 23 hours a day during a Prison Officers' overtime ban.[3]
In May 2022, a local councillor said he had been told that the site "been sold to house immigrants".[4]
In March 2023, the Government announced that it planned to use the site to house asylum seekers.[5]
References
- "Detailed Result: HMP NORTHEYE". Pastscape. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- Fitzgerald, Mike (1976). Prisoners in revolt: the origin and development of Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP), the British Prisoners Union. Leicester: University of Leicester.
- "Prisoners Riot at Jails In Britain and 50 Escape". The New York Times. 1 May 1986. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- "Connor Winter - Independent Candidate for St Marks Ward". Facebook. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65107827