New Hall is a closed female local prison which holds, adult female prisoners of all categories, Young Offenders and Juveniles on Detention and Training Orders.
New Hall was originally used as a satellite prison for Wakefield for men near the end of their sentence. The Open Prison system began here at New Hall as an experiment in 1933 due to an increase in prison population and lack of suitable employment. The success of this led to the opening of New Hall Camp in 1936.
New Hall was re-roled in 1961 as a Senior Detention Centre for male young offenders and during this time the 'Short, Sharp, Shock' regime was introduced on a couple of occasions. In 1987 the Prison was again re-roled to a women's prison.
Address:
HMP & YOI New Hall
Dial Wood
Flockton
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 4XX
Tel: 01924 803 000
Fax: 01924 803 001
Governor: Marian Mahoney
Operational capacity: 446 as of 1st August 2008
Accommodation: Mainly cellular, dormitory accommodation holding twenty one women, a nine bed Mother & Baby Unit, Health Care Centre and segregation unit.
Reception criteria: Normal reception arrangements. New Hall accepts adult female prisoners, young offenders and juveniles direct from the courts. There are facilities for mothers and babies and the transfer of prisoners from other prisons. These must be arranged in advance.
Regime: New Hall provides both full and part time education including, Business Administration, NVQ Hairdressing, BTEC Art, OCN Life Skills, Food Hygiene, Literacy & Numeracy, I.T. CLAIT, ASET Introduction to Work & OCR Vocational Qualifications. 4 Workshops – Assembly Work & Light Textiles, AQA unit achievement awards Catering NVQ Food Preparation Gardens NPTC Skills for Working Life Qualifications PE course CSLA, AQA Unit achievement awards & BWLA Offending Behaviour Courses including; ETS & Substance Use SDP, Employment & Careers Advice, Jobcentre Plus, Connexions, & SOVA Project.
