HM Prison Peterhead facts for kids
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| Location | Peterhead, Scotland, UK |
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| Status | Historical museum |
| Capacity | 152 (February 2012) |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Closed | 2013 |
| Managed by | Scottish Prison Service |
| Governor | Michael Hebden |
HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888-2013. Since June 2016, the former grounds operate as the Peterhead Prison Museum.
History
Peterhead Convict Prison was built around 1888. It was designed to hold 208 prisoners and to be Scotland's only convict prison, i.e for prisoners sentenced to ‘hard labour’. Occupancy averaged at around 350 however, until peaking at 455 in 1911. Additional buildings were completed in 1909, 1960 and 1962, bringing capacity up to 362. According to the Scottish Prison Service, the prison could, in 2012, accommodate up to 142 prisoners.
It closed in 2013, to be replaced by the new HMP Grampian, the first prison in Scotland to jointly house youths, men and women. The first inmates transferred on to site on 2 March 2014 having been temporarily housed at other sites and connected to family with virtual visits by videolink.
