HMP & YOI Grampian is a high security prison in Peterhead, Scotland. It is the only such facility in the northeast of the country, having replaced the former HMPs in Aberdeen and Peterhead in 2014. It is the newest jail in Scotland and amongst the newest in the United Kingdom. It has a design capacity of around 560 inmates.
Initially, the institution was planned to hold male prisoners, female prisoners and young offenders; however, Grampian does not currently hold male young offenders, due to the change in Scottish Government sentencing policy, and the reduction in young offenders at HMYOI Polmont.
The establishment has five residential housing blocks. Ellon Hall houses male offenders; Banff Hall houses female offenders. Cruden Hall is currently out of use, previously housing male young offenders. Aberlour unit houses prisoners who have community access. Finally, Dyce Hall is the Separation & Re-Integration Unit.
Capacity
The facility holds convicted and remanded male prisoners, including sex offenders. It also holds convicted, remanded and young female offenders. It is uncommon for a Scottish prison to house such a wide range, with HMP Edinburgh being the only other such establishment.
HMP Grampian operates near its manageable capacity due to the high number of admissions committed from Aberdeen, Peterhead, Lerwick and Inverness Courts. Consequently, the establishment relies on other jails to accept some of its prisoners, primarily HM Prison Glenochil, HMP Low Moss and HMP Barlinnie. The prison accepts life-sentence prisoners from other Scottish prisons and courts.
