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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D7632
Title	HM Prison Foston Hall
Date	1976-1988
Description	Chair of the Board of Visitors copies of Minutes of monthly and annual meetings, Annual reports of the Board to the Home Office, Annual reports of Wardens, and Annual report of Governors
Extent	0.5 box
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	HM Prison Foston Hall
Administrative History	HM Prison Service acquired the Foston Hall and grounds in 1953 and it was opened as juvenile detention centre in 1955. During the period of these records it was also used as an immigration centre. It was closed in 1996 for major refurbishment and building work and re-opened on 31 July 1997 as a closed-category female prison and young offenders institution. Boards of visitors for prisons were established under the 1952 Prison Act to monitor the welfare of prisoners. Each board consisted of several members of the public as unpaid volunteers, appointed by the Home Secretary (later by the Ministry of Justice). Since April 2003, the boards have been known as Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs). Detainees could apply to the Board to hear grievances.
Custodial History	These records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office by a former Chair of the Board of Visitors in July 2013.
Appraisal	A small number of minutes and reports were found to be duplicates. These items were confidentially destroyed at the time of cataloguing.
Arrangement	The records were received in two large bundles, primarily split between the minutes of the meetings and the reports, each bundle being in rough chronological order, with a few strays. The stray items were organised into the chronological series. The numbering reflects the fact that there are some gaps in the records, particularly for the period before 1978, and that these records may be deposited in the future.
Organisation Sub-Type	Prisons and probation services
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Format	Document
Related Material	During the Second World War, Foston Hall was home to the evacuees from the Railway Servants' Orphanage at Derby. See D3849 for records of the school at this time.
Term	Immigration services
	Detention
	Youth detention centres
	Immigration detention centres
	Immigration
	Prison administration
	Prison visitors
Archivist Note	Catalogued April 2022, BS.