Bancairn Penitentiary Establishment

BPE is an acronym for Bancairn Penitentiary Establishment. It is usually preceded by the name of a detention centre, prison, correctional or penitentiary structure under the responsibility of the Bureau of Crime Regulation, an office in the Ministry of Justice.

History
The Bancairn Penitentiary Establishment system was established in 1935, when the old National Prison System was declared "ruined, old, crumbling to bits and obsolete" by an inspection Commissioner during the process of a study by the House. It was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Georges Field on March 4, 1935. After the inauguration, many penitentiary complexes were built and the existing ones enlarged or repaired, under the supervision of the Justice Minister Herbert Hall. This sudden collaboration in Ministry earned him the nickname "Prison Hall" by many of his supporters, the Labour voters.

Geographical repartition
Bancairn Penitentiary Establishments are located in several areas on Bancairn Island, notably near St. Helens (Howardshire), Standard (Avryshire), Vaughan (Wiltingshire) and Ayle (Victoryshire). These are often uninhabited locations around the island. Each Penitentiary Establishment depends on the central direction; Counties are not required to fund them themselves, however, they receive a small state grant when this occurs.

Classification
Bancairn Penitentiary Establishments are divided into 4 classes.

Class 1
Class One is made up of regular prisons and criminal detention centres. These, such as Rawlings Prison or Bancairn Central Prison, are used to detain criminals who are facing sentences of under 3 years, and who are provided reinsertion programs.

Class 2
Class Two regroups temporary detention centres, youth detention centres, and special detention centres, such as facilites for the blind and disabled. A high emphasis is made on the reinsertion programs of Class Two detainees, which is taken care of by the Bureau of Crime Prevention and Correction at the Ministry of Justice.

Class 3
Class Three corresponds to correctional facilities and detention centres for detainees serving sentences of up to 25 years, and, until the death penalty was abolished in 1966, detainees on death row. These include St.Alberts prison (Howardshire), Praystone Modern (Eastonshire), and National

Class 4
Class 4 actually comprises of two correctional structures: South Aldstone Penitentiary (Westonshire), which is Bancairn's one and only high-security prison (comparable to Supermax in the United States) and High Reading Psychatric Detention centre (Wiltingshire), which is a very secretive detention centre and psychiatric hospital for convicts with psychic troubles and disorders.

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