From 1938 to 1970 the site of the prison was a Royal Air Force base. It was then used as a transit camp for Ugandan Asian refugees, before opening in 1977 as a prison. During the 1980s there were a number of alternations to the fabric of the prison, and in November 1997 part of the prison (North) was converted to hold women prisoners.
Highpoint North and South prisons formally separated in July 2001, and Highpoint North was formally re-named HMP Edmunds Hill on 3 October 2003.
The prison became a Category C Male establishment serving East Anglia and the South East on 3rd January 2005
Address:
Stradishall
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9YN
Tel: 01440 743500
Fax: 01440 743560
Governor: Kevin Reilly
Accommodation: Three H shaped buildings each house 67 men in single and shared rooms with 24 hour access to sanitation.
Three RTU's with single cells and en-suite facilities house 160 men.
Operational capacity: 379 as of 20th April 2009
Reception criteria: No detoxing or seriously mentally ill prisoners as there is only a Standard Type 2 facility. No lifers or Score 3 prisoners. All other groups of prisoners accepted. Prisoners serving 3 year sentences and less, and those in the last 9 months of long term determinate sentences, with parole decisions.
Regime: Education, PE (CSLA), Foundation Training Company (Pre-Release), Data Input, Domestic Parties, Contract Cleaning, Gardens/Horticulture, P-ASRO Course, Kitchen and Chaplaincy facilities.
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