History

The site that Low Moss stands on started out as a RAF barrage balloon station at the beginning of the Second World War. After the war, RAF Bishopbriggs was used by the Royal Military Police as a training school. In 1968 the site was converted into a temporary low security prison, HMP Low Moss. The original HM Prison Low Moss accommodated up to 327 prisoners in mainly dormitory accommodation much of which was in the form of wooden buildings. The prison was closed in May 2007. The buildings were subsequently demolished and the site cleared ready for a new prison to be built. Construction started on the site in February 2010. The new HM Prison Low Moss is due to open in early 2012 and will provide 700 cells. .