Originally Posted By: redewenur
You may find this interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendon_(Prison)

"Grendon Prison was opened in 1962 as an experimental psychiatric prison to provide treatment for prisoners with antisocial personality disorders, under the direction of a medical superintendent."

I visited in '72. It's still the only facility of its kind in the UK.


Interesting. I wonder how their recidivism rate compares to that of other prisons in UK.