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Location | Perth, Perth and Kinross |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Category A |
Capacity | 670+ |
Opened | 1840 |
Managed by | Scottish Prison Service |
Governor | Andrew Hodge |
HM Prison Perth is a prison in Perth, Scotland, which houses remand, short term, long term and life adult male prisoners (those prisoners serving under four years). It was originally constructed to hold French prisoners captured during the Napoleonic Wars, and is the oldest working prison in Scotland.