22-748: [REDACTED] Look up big house in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Big House may refer to: Buildings [ edit ] Types of building [ edit ] The Big House in Ireland Great house , in Ireland, specifically houses of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy a type of longhouse among the cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast Wharenui ,
44-531: A 1993 song by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline Other uses [ edit ] The Big House (tournament) , an annual Super Smash Bros. tournament in Michigan Clarence "Big House" Gaines , American basketball coach See also [ edit ] The Big Hoose , Scottish prison Barlinnie in Glasgow House (disambiguation) Big (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
66-400: A 1993 song by Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline Other uses [ edit ] The Big House (tournament) , an annual Super Smash Bros. tournament in Michigan Clarence "Big House" Gaines , American basketball coach See also [ edit ] The Big Hoose , Scottish prison Barlinnie in Glasgow House (disambiguation) Big (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
88-479: A 2004 American television sitcom "The Big House" ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine ) , a 2017 television episode "The Big House" ( Orange Is the New Black ) , a 2019 television episode Big House (American band) , a country music band from the late 1990s Big House (album) , their self-titled debut album Big House (Canadian band) , a Canadian rock music band active in the early 1990s "Big House" (song) ,
110-422: A 2004 American television sitcom "The Big House" ( Brooklyn Nine-Nine ) , a 2017 television episode "The Big House" ( Orange Is the New Black ) , a 2019 television episode Big House (American band) , a country music band from the late 1990s Big House (album) , their self-titled debut album Big House (Canadian band) , a Canadian rock music band active in the early 1990s "Big House" (song) ,
132-496: A body of sculpture; and The Silent Scream (1979), a book of prose and poems by Larry Winters, who committed suicide in 1977. A total of 10 judicial executions by hanging took place at HMP Barlinnie between 1946 and 1960, replacing the gallows at Duke Street Prison before the final abolition of capital punishment in the United Kingdom for murder in 1969: Each of the condemned men had been convicted of murder. All
154-468: A communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand a slang term for prison An African-American Vernacular English term referring to a plantation house on an American slave compound . Individual buildings [ edit ] 8 House or Big House, a mixed use development in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark Bolshoy Dom (Russian for 'Big House'), Saint Petersburg, Russia, headquarters of
176-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages big house (Redirected from Big house ) [REDACTED] Look up big house in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Big House may refer to: Buildings [ edit ] Types of building [ edit ] The Big House in Ireland Great house , in Ireland, specifically houses of
198-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Big Hoose HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie , in the north east of Glasgow , Scotland. It is informally known locally as The Big Hoose , Bar and Bar-L . In 2018, plans for its closure were announced. Barlinnie
220-598: The Scottish Chief Inspector of Prisons . In October 2018, it was announced that HMP Barlinnie is to be sold and replaced with a new superjail within Glasgow or its outskirts. In 2019, local MP Paul Sweeney proposed that the historic prison buildings be saved from demolition and converted into a prison museum after it is decommissioned. In January 2020, the Prison Service announced that
242-537: The Anglo-Irish ascendancy a type of longhouse among the cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast Wharenui , a communal house of the Māori people of New Zealand a slang term for prison An African-American Vernacular English term referring to a plantation house on an American slave compound . Individual buildings [ edit ] 8 House or Big House, a mixed use development in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark Bolshoy Dom (Russian for 'Big House'), Saint Petersburg, Russia, headquarters of
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#1732798826552264-964: The Federal Security Service Big House, Landshipping , Pembrokeshire, Wales Ibrox Stadium , Glasgow, Scotland, nicknamed 'The Big Hoose' Big House, Irene , Gauteng, South Africa, the residence of South African statesman Jan Smuts United States [ edit ] The Allman Brothers Band Museum , Macon, Georgia, also known as "The Big House" Big House (Moccasin, Arizona) Oklahoma State Fair Arena , Oklahoma City Big House (Palisades, New York) Michigan Stadium , Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed The Big House Entertainment [ edit ] The Big House (1930 film) , starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery The Big House (2000 film) , short film directed by Rachel Ward The Big House (documentary film) , 1997 documentary film directed by David Goldie The Big House (TV series) ,
286-873: The Federal Security Service Big House, Landshipping , Pembrokeshire, Wales Ibrox Stadium , Glasgow, Scotland, nicknamed 'The Big Hoose' Big House, Irene , Gauteng, South Africa, the residence of South African statesman Jan Smuts United States [ edit ] The Allman Brothers Band Museum , Macon, Georgia, also known as "The Big House" Big House (Moccasin, Arizona) Oklahoma State Fair Arena , Oklahoma City Big House (Palisades, New York) Michigan Stadium , Ann Arbor, Michigan, nicknamed The Big House Entertainment [ edit ] The Big House (1930 film) , starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery and Robert Montgomery The Big House (2000 film) , short film directed by Rachel Ward The Big House (documentary film) , 1997 documentary film directed by David Goldie The Big House (TV series) ,
308-691: The West of Scotland as well as retaining male remand prisoners and prisoners serving less than 4-year sentences. It also allocates suitable prisoners from its convicted population to lower security prisons, including HMP Low Moss and HMP Greenock , as well as holding long-term prisoners in the initial phase of their sentence prior to transfer to long-term prisons such as HMP Glenochil, HMP Shotts, HMP Kilmarnock or HMP Grampian . Barlinnie prison still consists of five accommodation halls with each holding approximately 200 inmates and an additional National Top End Facility (Letham Hall) housing long term prisoners nearing
330-477: The end of their incarceration. All five accommodation halls were refurbished between 1997 and 2004. There is also a hospital unit with accommodation for 18 prisoners, which includes eight cells specially designed for suicide supervision. A new administration and visiting block was completed in 1999. The in-cell bucket-as-toilet routine known as slopping out was still in practice there as late as 2003. Since 2001, refurbishment has taken place after critical reports by
352-445: The executions took place at 8.00 am. As was the custom, the remains of all executed prisoners were the property of the state, and were therefore buried in unmarked graves within the walls of the prison. During the D hall renovations of 1997, the prison gallows cell (built into D-hall) was finally demolished and the remains of all the executed prisoners were exhumed for reburial elsewhere. The first man to escape from Barlinnie
374-433: The proposed site for the replacement prison was a 22-hectare (54-acre) site formerly occupied by Provan Gas Works . Cooperation between the prison authorities, the prisoners and third parties have resulted in the production of research materials suggesting the following conclusions: (2010) Alcohol is blamed by the majority of youths (av age 18.5 years) for their committing serious harm to others (base study 172 persons) by
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418-470: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Big House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Big_House&oldid=1257559606 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Russian-language text Short description
440-411: Was John Dobbie, three days after being sentenced to 15 years for a violent robbery in 1985. Dobbie escaped inside a laundry van, he was captured by armed police five days later and was sentenced to a further five years. Today Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland, holding just under 1,400 prisoners although it has a design capacity of 987. The prison currently receives prisoners from the courts in
462-488: Was a major extension to the perimeter in 1967 to create an industrial compound. From 1973 till 1994, the world-famous "Special Unit" placed emphasis on rehabilitation , the best known success story being that of reformed Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle . Cultural output associated with the Special Unit included Boyle's autobiography, A Sense of Freedom (1977); The Hardman (1977), the play Boyle wrote with Tom McGrath ;
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#1732798826552484-702: Was designed by Major General Thomas Bernard Collinson , architect and engineer to the Scottish Prison Department, and it was built in the then rural area of Riddrie adjacent to the Monkland Canal (now the route of the M8 motorway ), first opening with the commissioning of A hall in July 1882. Barlinnie prison's five accommodation halls: A, B, C, D and E, were built in stages between 1882 and 1897, with each holding approximately 69 inmates. There
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