Explore -
One of the best places I’ve manage to explore to date. The buildings are still in great shape and you can see the amount of items left untouched. We actually went back a second time after our first explore being in the dark and our torch dying on us. Great to finally find a place which hasn’t been burnt, smashed to bits and covered in graffiti. Would imagine this place is secured tightly in the near future.
History -
Opened in 1965 when it was one of three such units, and accepted both boys and girls. In 1990 it housed 26 boys and young men convicted of serious crimes including murder, rape and arson. The young people inside learnt self-control and discipline in an affectionate environment that was sensitive to their special needs. It later specialised in accommodating child sex offenders and in 2009, it became one of nine secure children's homes in England.
A few notable inmates were incarcerated here. Mary Bell from 1968 to 1973 where she was the only female among approximately 24 inmates. Bell as a juvenile, killed two preschool-age boys in 1968 when she was ten years old. Bell would later claim that she was sexually abused by a member of staff and several inmates while incarcerated at this facility, claiming the sexual abuse began when she was 13. Also, Jon Venables one of James Bulger killers. Despite initial problems, Venables was said to have eventually made good progress at Red Bank, resulting in him being kept there for the full eight years, despite the facility only being a short-stay remand unit. Allegations that a female employee of the unit had engaged in sexual activity with Venables while he was imprisoned there were widely reported in 2011.
Since the 2015 closure, it has been alleged at least one of the former care units were being used as a police training establishment.
One of the best places I’ve manage to explore to date. The buildings are still in great shape and you can see the amount of items left untouched. We actually went back a second time after our first explore being in the dark and our torch dying on us. Great to finally find a place which hasn’t been burnt, smashed to bits and covered in graffiti. Would imagine this place is secured tightly in the near future.
History -
Opened in 1965 when it was one of three such units, and accepted both boys and girls. In 1990 it housed 26 boys and young men convicted of serious crimes including murder, rape and arson. The young people inside learnt self-control and discipline in an affectionate environment that was sensitive to their special needs. It later specialised in accommodating child sex offenders and in 2009, it became one of nine secure children's homes in England.
A few notable inmates were incarcerated here. Mary Bell from 1968 to 1973 where she was the only female among approximately 24 inmates. Bell as a juvenile, killed two preschool-age boys in 1968 when she was ten years old. Bell would later claim that she was sexually abused by a member of staff and several inmates while incarcerated at this facility, claiming the sexual abuse began when she was 13. Also, Jon Venables one of James Bulger killers. Despite initial problems, Venables was said to have eventually made good progress at Red Bank, resulting in him being kept there for the full eight years, despite the facility only being a short-stay remand unit. Allegations that a female employee of the unit had engaged in sexual activity with Venables while he was imprisoned there were widely reported in 2011.
Since the 2015 closure, it has been alleged at least one of the former care units were being used as a police training establishment.
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