HM Prison Hydebank Wood
women's prison in Belfast
HM Prison Hydebank Wood, also known as Hydebank Wood College and Women's Prison, is a women's prison and young offender's centre located in South Belfast.
Young male offenders
A young offenders centre (YOC) holding young male prisoners is located on the same site. The YOC houses young males between 18 and 24 years of age, and the site has also been used at times to hold immigration detainees. The institution put a great deal of effort into improving the diet of young offenders and this transformed many of them for the better.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5635203. Authority coordinates are 54.542, -5.927. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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