First pics of UK's biggest ever jail with no bars on windows and four footie pitches
dailystar.co.ukprison. The huge jail is due to open next year and will hold up to 1,680 inmates in Wellingborough, Northants.But aerial photos reveal its four-storey buildings will have no bars on the windows.Officials held the topping-out ceremony for the new £253million US-style facility last week.The jail has been built on the site of the former HMP Wellingborough, which closed in 2012, and held up to 650 inmates.The cross-shaped design marks a radical departure from the traditional K-block-style prisons favoured since Victorian times.Its x-shaped wings mean the corridors are broken up into smaller zones, rather than miles of long landings and walkways.The design will let staff have more direct contact with prisoners.Older jails, which have come under.
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