Blundeston is a category C training prison providing a therapeutic community, an assessment unit, skills training and education, and accredited offending behaviour courses.
The prison was built and opened in 1963 with four single cell wings for 288 prisoners. In 1975 two multi-cell wings (F and G) were added bringing the CNA to 408.
Old hospital cells were reclaimed as an induction unit and a new 40 space unit built which houses the Therapeutic Community.
In 2008 a new 60 space unit was built as part of the Capacity Build Project, which currently houses indeterminate sentence prisoners and enhanced.
Address:
Blundeston
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 5BG
Tel: 01502 734500
Fax: 01502 734501
Governor: Sue Doolan
Operational capacity: 526 as at 27th August 2008
Accommodation: 4 wings of 72 single cells and 2 wings of 2 or 4 man cells 1 wing of 40 single cells (Therapeutic Community), first night care unit with 9 x 2 man cells and 1 wing of 60 single cells holding indeterminate and enhanced prisoners.
Reception criteria: Normal reception arrangements. Blundeston will not accept prisoners who have less than 12 months to serve. There is also provision for lifers. There are no ground floor cells so Blundeston is unsuitable for prisoners unable to climb stairs.
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