On the outskirts of Glasgow, HMP Barlinnie is in an excellent location for a prison being near to the busiest Courts in Scotland and close to the population centre and public transport routes so that visits are readily achieved. The establishment receives prisoners from the courts in the West of Scotland. It retains male remand prisoners and prisoners serving less than 4 year sentences. It allocates suitable prisoners from its convicted population to lower security prisons, including Low Moss, and manages prisoners serving more than four years or more in the initial phase of their sentence until places become available for them in the long term prisoner system.

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 Bill McKinlay
Governor

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Rhona Hotchkiss
Deputy Governor