Parc

HM Prison Parc is a Category B men's private prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales. Parc Prison is operated by G4S, and is the only privately operated prison in Wales. Parc was the first prison in the UK to be built under the Government's Private Finance Initiative. Previously the site of Parc Prison used to be a psychiatric hospital until it was closed down, and patients either moved to other hospitals in the area or into the community. The new prison (which cost £82 million to develop) opened in 1997. Parc was designed to be a hi-tech prison, with computer systems, swipe cards and personalised voice identification equipment. By using computer and surveillance equipment, G4S cut down the...