HM Prison Kilmarnock

HM Prison Kilmarnock is a prison in Bowhouse, Hurlford near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated 3 miles (5 km) south-east of Hurlford on the Mauchline Road. Its location means it is locally known as Bowhouse Prison.

HMP Kilmarnock

Location	Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Status	Operational
Capacity	692 (February 2009)
Opened	1999
Managed by	Serco
Director	Michael Guy

The prison was opened 25 March 1999 by Premier Prison Services and is privately run by Serco (who acquired Premier in 2002[1]) on behalf of the Scottish Prison Service; the first of its kind in Scotland.

The prison is operated to a contract between Serco and the Scottish Prison Service.[2][3] This contract has a system of 44 performance measures,[3] ranging from ensuring that prisoner's visitors are not unduly delayed on entrance to checking that appropriate levels of purposeful activities are provided to inmates.

In 2005 the BBC program Panorama uncovered several failings in the operational running of the prison, resulting in the prison carrying out internal investigations.

The prison holds short-term, long-term and remand male adults. The contract with the SPS means that HMP Kilmarnock currently holds on average 500 inmates.[2]

References

1. Moore, Malcolm (2002-06-05). "Serco locks on to prisons manager". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2011-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)