Grendon Prison is a prison and therapeutic community in Buckinghamshire, England. It houses 238 Category B and C prisoners. It opened in 1962 as a psychiatric hospital for criminals with personality disorders. Since then, Grendon has morphed into a more conventional prison, administered by HM Prisons. However, it still maintains a unique therapeutic ethos and is largely staffed by therapeutic professionals as well as prison officers who — unlike those in other prisons — actively participate in therapy.
Therapy at Grendon is largely based on the psychodynamic approach. Inmates take part in daily group therapies, including conventional group psychotherapy, which aims to create insight into the links between inmates’ past lives and their crimes. They also participate in art therapy and psychodrama, which includes the particularly challenging task of acting the role of victims of the inmates’ crimes. Recently, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has also been introduced.
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