rf01002 Buckley Hall is the fourth contracted out prison in the UK, and the first privately managed Cat C establishment holding medium security prisoners. The prison changed from an all male establishment to a closed female training prison in April 2002, however it was decided to re-role the establishment back to a male category C prison in September 2005. The male prisoners began arriving on December 5th 2005. As part of the re-role back to a male establishment, it was recognised that statistically there would be a higher percentage of muslim prisoners than there had been whilst a female establishment. An increased muslim inmate population would require improved facilities for obligatory ablution before prayer, to avoid inevitable water spillage and th

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