HM Prison Albany occupies the site of a former military barracks on the outskirts of Newport on the Isle of Wight, UK. Statistics Population: 23,957 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SZ502893 Administration District: Isle of Wight Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Isle of Wight Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ...

It was designed and built as a Category C Training Prison in the early 1960s. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Soon after opening in 1967, a decision was taken that security be upgraded and, in 1970, Albany became part of the dispersal system. It suffered major disturbances in 1983, which closed most of the Prison for over a year. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1992, as the result of a major review of the dispersal system Albany was redesignated as a Cat B Closed Training Prison. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In January 1998 Albany changed from being half Vulnerable Prisoner Unit and half Normal Location, and is now exclusively sex offenders and vulnerable prisoners. Albany also operates as an Assessment Centre for the core Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP). It has been suggested that Sex offender registry be merged into this article or section. ...

Governor: Mel Jones

Operational capacity: 526 as of 30th October 2006

Accommodation: Five 4 storey cell bocks, A to E wings. Induction unit 11 cells and segregation unit 9 cells with 2 special cells. All wings are identical and hold a maximum of 88 prisoners in single cells with in-cell power, access to electronic night sanitation. There are three small ‘spurs' on each landing, with communal recesses housing showers, toilets and wash basins. In addition, there are cooking facilities and pinphones on each wing and five TV rooms within the Residential Unit. There are also 2 x 40 bed Category C quick-build units comprising of single cell units with en-suite facilities and communal activity areas inside and out. Sentence Planning, Incentives & Earned Privileges and Personal Officer schemes operate throughout the Establishment.