Quick facts (Back to top)
- A prison with two sites on the rural Suffolk coast
- Free onsite parking and a free onsite gym
- Earn between £34,928 and £39,334 a year
About Hollesley Prison (Back to top)
Set in a rural location just off the Bawdsey Peninsula on the Suffolk coast, HMP Hollesley has two sites within a mile of each other:
- The Bay is a category D open prison
- Warren Hill is a category C closed prison
Inside The Bay (Back to top)
With a capacity of 655 prisoners, The Bay is an open prison for adult males who are coming to the end of their sentence or who have been assessed as posing minimal risk to the public. Prisoners spend most of their day away from their accommodation, studying or working.
Preparing prisoners to return to their communities
To help them prepare to reintegrate into their communities, prisoners have access to:
- a wide range of full and part-time nationally recognised qualifications and vocational training programmes, including English, Maths and IT
- structured careers advice from a Job Club and Virtual Campus – a secure web-based information service that allows them to search for jobs anywhere in the UK
- employment in onsite kitchens, gardens, a clothing exchange store, recycling workshop and a farm shop that’s open to the public
Inside Warren Hill (Back to top)
Warren Hill is a training and resettlement male prison with a capacity of 267 prisoners. Following an inspection in 2019, it was reported as being the safest in the country.
Working in partnership with a range of specialist organisations, the prison provides therapeutic and psychologically informed interventions to address the complex needs of individual prisoners. Individuals are encouraged to focus on their progress towards reducing, and evidencing, their risk of reoffending in preparation for moving to an open prison or back to their community.
Prisoners also have access to a wide range of education opportunities, including core curriculum subjects such as Maths and English, and vocational courses.
Looking for a part-time role with purpose? (Back to top)
Join us as a part-time prison officer and build a career that fits around your life.
This is a unique opportunity to take on a challenging and rewarding role while working hours that suit your personal commitments.
- Choose to work 12, 16 or 24 hours a week
- Complete your paid prison officer foundation training 2 days a week (16 hours) onsite at HMP Hollesley
- Benefit from shift patterns you’ll know in advance
Pay
Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours:
- 12 hours (1 day) a week = £11,328 a year
- 16 hours (2 days) a week = £15,104 a year
- 24 hours (2 or 3 days) a week = £22,656 a year
Pay and benefits (Back to top)
As a prison officer, you will start on a 37 hour a week contract until you have completed your initial training. You can then choose to increase your hours to 39 or 41 hours. This means you could earn between £34,928 and £39,334 as a prison officer at HMP Hollesley.
As an employee of Hollesley Prison, you’ll have access to a range of facilities and employee benefits including:
- use of a free onsite gym
- free onsite parking
- excellent training and career progression
This is in addition to the great benefits you get from being a part of HM Prison and Probation Service.
How to get to HMP Hollesley (Back to top)
With ample free onsite parking, the prisons are just 30 minutes from Ipswich and an hour from Colchester.
How long will it take you to get there?