£95m contract secured for new prison facility

Construction firm Galliford Try has been appointed to a £95m contract to deliver a new custodial facility at HMP Rye Hill.

The category B prison currently holds 664 male adults, convicted of sexual offences in the village of Willoughby, near Rugby in Warwickshire.
 
The facility is a privately run prison which is managed by Onley Prison Services and operated by G4S Care & Justice Services, on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

The government announced in October 2020 that HMP Rye Hill would be one of four jails to be expanded over the next three years. It’s part of a £2.5bn commitment to create 10,000 modern prison places across the UK.

Construction work at HMPs Rye Hill, Guys Marsh (Dorset) and Stocken (Rutland) and High Down (Surrey) was set to allow for more than 930 places.
  
Bill Hocking, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, said: “The custodial sector remains an important part of our Sustainable Growth Strategy targeting high-quality projects within the public realm. We look forward to working with G4S and the MoJ to deliver this expansion to HMP Rye Hill, improving facilities for staff, prisoners and visitors.”