Workshop Session
HMP Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland, first opened in 1882 and housed the most infamous criminals of the time. Despite various attempts to refurbish the prison, its decaying state took the Scottish Government to announce in 2018 its closure. For the new prison project, the Scottish Prison Service relied on the Mandela rules and a research-based practice to design a human centred facility, radically changing the way corrections are done in Scotland. HMP Glasgow is the new prison in Scotland that is paving the way to show what more can we do to achieve more humane corrections. This is the Scottish Prison Service story of challenges, setbacks, budget constraints, divergent interpretations, and perspectives from all involved in the making of this ambitious, humane and human-centred correctional project.
