Lindholme (HM Prison)
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Lindholme Prison is a category C medium security prison on Lindholme Moor in South Yorkshire, England on the A614 Bawtry Road.
[edit] History
Formerly an RAF Station built in 1942 to house and operate bombers. During it's lifetime Lindholme was home to the RAF Bomber Command Bombing School (BCBS) & also the RAF Navigation School. It closed and was left to dereliction in 1973, re-opening as a prison in 1985. Most of the original buildings and hangars are still in use as accommodation, offices and workshops.
[edit] The Prison
The prison houses up to 730 prisoners, shortly to increase to nearly 1000 with new wings being constructed. The old Officers Mess building forms the central part of an Immigration Removal Centre, dealing with the holding and subsequent deportation of illegal immigrants. It lies approximately 8 miles due east of Doncaster, three miles south from Hatfield, South Yorkshire. The old married quarters for the airmen now form a residential estate.
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