History
Hewell Prison is located on the site of the Hewell Grange country house and estate. The estate was the former seat of the Earls of Plymouth. The estate was sold to the government in the 20th century, and from 1946 the main house was used as a Borstal. Over the years two other purpose built-prisons were opened on the estate - HMP Blakenhurst and HMP Brockhill, which held different categories of prisoners. The Borstal itself was re-rolled in 1991 to a Category D open prison, and renamed HMP Hewell Grange.
In January 2008, the Prison Service announced that the 3 prisons would merge to form a new 'Super Prison' managed by a single team. The new prison was provisionally called HMP Redditch, however local residents objected to the name, and in March 2008 it was decided to rename the site HMP Hewell. HMP Hewell was formally created on 25 June 2008, and is the first in an efficiency drive involving the creation of new Titan prisons in the United Kingdom.
The Ministry of Justice closed the Brockhill part of the prison in September 2011. The closure formed part of wider-ranging cost saving plans by the ministry.
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