Reference number
  • GRENDON
Level of description
  • Collection
Date(s)
  • 1963-1963
Extent and medium
  • 36 digital items
Category
  • Prison
Scope and content
  • Digital copy of the 'Grendon Courier' Vol.1; No 4, 12 Sept 1963.
History
  • HM Prison Grendon in Buckinghamshire opened in 1962. It is the UK’s only fully therapeutic prison with five communities and an assessment unit. Each unit is a democratic therapeutic community where group based therapy is used to address risk factors and offending behaviours. Prisoners serving indeterminate sentences apply to be transferred to Grendon with the specific aim of addressing emotional diffculties, personality disorders, sexual abuse trauma and substance misuse. The prison aims to promote a social climate which facilities positive relationships, personal responsibility and social participation. Prisoners are encouraged to have shared responsibility for day to day decision making and problem solving.
Name of creator(s)
  • HM Prison Grendon Therapeutic Community
Access status
  • OPEN
Language
  • ENG
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
  • Transferred by Jamie Bennett and Andrew Woodley to the Planned Environment Therapy Trust in 2014. Ownership transferred to the Mulberry Bush Organisation when the Trust folded in 2018.