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((short description|Women's prison in Surrey, England))
((Use British English|date=March 2019))
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| governor       = Amy Dixon
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'''HM Prison Downview''' is a women's [[British prison security categories|closed category]] [[prison]]. Downview is located on the outskirts of [[Banstead]] in [[Surrey]], [[England]] (overlooking [[Banstead Downs]]), and is immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of [[Belmont, Sutton|Belmont]] in [[Greater London]]. The prison is operated by [[His Majesty's Prison Service]], and is situated in proximity to [[HM Prison High Down|High Down Prison]] for men.

==History==
Downview was converted from a former nurses' home of [[Banstead Hospital]]; it opened in 1989 as a [[Prison security categories in the United Kingdom|Category C]] male prison.

In 1992, HMP Downview saw the establishment of the UK's first intensive drug and alcohol rehabilitation programme. The programme was established by the [[Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust]] and was opened by [[Anthony Hopkins]], who remains a patron of the trust.

In September 2001, owing to increased demand for places at women's prisons in the UK, Downview's role changed to a "closed" prison for adult women.<ref>((cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1676121.stm |title=Sharp rise in women prisoners |work=[[BBC News]] |date=26 November 2001))</ref> A year later, one of the prison's [[chaplain]]s resigned after claims that he had demanded sexual favours from inmates in exchange for communion wine.<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-101132414/vicar-of-dabbley-inmates-bribed-with-communion-wine |work= |title=VICAR OF DABBLEY; 'Inmates Bribed with Communion Wine for a Bit of How's Yer Father' |first1=Roger |last1=Insall |first2=Stewart |last2=Fowler |date=4 May 2003 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111648/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-101132414/vicar-of-dabbley-inmates-bribed-with-communion-wine |archive-date= 6 March 2019 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

In December 2004 a sixteen-bed juvenile unit opened at Downview for young female offenders (both [[Remand (detention)|remand]] and convicted) aged from 15-18, in partnership with the [[Youth Justice Board]].

The PRIME project was launched at Downview in April 2006; it is now known as The Media House. It is a media educational and broadcast facility inside the prison. The project, managed by Maria Esposito from 2007 to 2013, has won several awards including the Butler Trust Award in 2010/11.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/9902710.tv-course-turns-women-prisoners-lives-around |work=Sutton & Croydon Guardian |title=Jeremy Paxman and Mike Leigh are fans of Downview TV course that turns women prisoners lives around |first=Beverley |last=Morrison |date=30 August 2012 |accessdate=3 February 2019))</ref> Prisoners can achieve a [[Business and Technology Education Council|BTEC]] qualification for completing the 16-week course.

==The prison today==
Downview Prison holds adult sentenced female prisoners. Downview is divided into 4 wings, A, B, C and D (D wing is a resettlement wing). All wings have single-cell accommodation with in-cell electricity and telephony.

The prison offers vocational training courses and [[NVQ]]s for inmates. The resettlement wing provides opportunities for inmates to work and receive education outside the prison.

On 4 September 2013, the [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]] announced that it intended to convert Downview into a prison for adult males.<ref>((cite web |author=Danny Shaw |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23958223 |title=Prisons to close in England as super-prison site revealed |work=BBC News |date=4 September 2013))</ref> It closed as a women's prison in preparation for conversion, but in 2016 it reopened as a women's prison when [[HM Prison Holloway]] was closed, taking many of its prisoners.<ref>((cite news |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36198743 |work=BBC News |title= First prisoners moved to Downview as Holloway closes |date= 3 May 2016 |access-date= 3 May 2023 ))</ref>

In March 2019, the Ministry of Justice announced that a wing within the prison would be used solely to house [[transgender]] inmates, making it the first unit in the UK to serve this purpose.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47434730 |work=BBC News |title=First UK transgender prison unit to open |date=3 March 2019))</ref>

==Notable inmates==
* [[Farah Damji]], convicted fraudster<ref>((Cite web |first=Lara |last=Keay |url=https://news.sky.com/story/woman-suing-nhs-over-poor-mental-healthcare-in-prison-faces-extradition-back-to-the-same-jail-12544258 |title=Woman suing NHS over poor mental healthcare in prison faces extradition back to the same jail |website=Sky News |date=19 February 2022 |accessdate=10 September 2023))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.justice.gov.uk/global/contacts/noms/prison-finder/downview/ Ministry of Justice pages on Downview]
* [http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/inspections/?s&location=downview HMP Downview - HM Inspectorate of Prisons Reports]

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