HMYOI Finnamore Wood
| Location | Marlow, Buckinghamshire |
|---|---|
| Security class | Young offenders Institution |
| Capacity | 116 |
| Opened | 1961 |
| Closed | 1996 |
| Former name | Finnamore Wood Borstal |
| Managed by | HM Prison Service |
| Governor | David Wilson 1986-1988 |
HMYOI Finnamore Wood, formerly known as HMYCC Finnamore Wood or Finnamore Wood Borstal, was an open prison located 1km North of the town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
HMYOI Finnamore Wood was opened in 1961 as a Buckinghamshire open prison for young offenders (18- to 21-year-old males) serving their last 2–3 months before release back into the community. The camp was opened as a satellite camp for Feltham Borstal and later used as an annexe to HM Prison Huntercombe.
Situated in one of the most rural areas of Marlow, Buckinghamshire on the site of the former Evacuation Camp, known as, 'Finnamore Wood Holiday & Evacuation Camp'. The site was used for housing evacuees [1] of Beal Modern Girls' School along with refugees during the Second World War.
In 1948 the camp was used to house members of the American Canoe team who used Marlow Rowing Club as a training base for their Olympic Rowers.
Shortly after, the site was used again as a holiday camp during the 1950s, owned by a company named National Camps Corporation. It was bought by the Home Office in 1960.
When the camp closed [2] in 1996, all inmates were transferred to Huntercombe YOI near Henley on Thames, which is still operational as a prison.
David Wilson (criminologist) the Governor of Finnamore Wood Borstal between 1986-1988 is now, Professor of Criminology at Birmingham City University.
On 22 April 1940 some pupils from Beal Modern Girls' School arrived at their wartime evacuation school, Finnamore Wood Camp. Many girls spent nearly four years at Finnamore Wood before it was safe to return to London. The girls used to spend some time creating useful items to send to the forces fighting in the great war, such as quilts.
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