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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D5165
Title	HM Prison Sudbury
Date	1948-1970
Description	Board of Visitors minutes, Governors Journals, Medical Journals and Register
Extent	2 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	HM Prison Sudbury
Administrative History	The prison at Sudbury was opened in 1948 at the site of an American Army Hospital built during World War II. The prison is an open prison, originally housing 300 prisoners serving sentences between 1 and 3 years and the second of its type in the Midlands.
Custodial History	The records were transferred to the Derbyshire Record Office in February 2000 under Section 4(1) of the Public Records Act.
Organisation Sub-Type	Prisons and probation services
Format	Document
Related Material	See D7082 for a plan of the site when it was used as the United States Air Force General Hospital during the Second World War.
Term	Prisons
Archivist Note	Catalogued February 2000, NB. Minor amendments made (e.g. extent added) to conform with ISAD(G), 27 January 2022, BS.