High Down Prison was built in 1992 on the site previously occupied by
Banstead Hospital. In November 2010, the prison football team played a
friendly match against
League Two side
Wycombe Wanderers, losing 8–0. High Down is a category C training prison and formerly a category B local prison. There is a visitors centre at the prison with facilities including baby changing facilities and a crèche. Conditions for prisoners reportedly deteriorated following staff cuts.
The Clink is a public restaurant located within the prison and was the first of its kind to open within a UK prison.
Accommodation and facilities Support includes: sentence planning, drug counseling, First Night in Prison scheme and Bail Information scheme. The prison has a detox unit. Prisoners can wear their own clothes rather than uniforms. Showers are provided on each landing. A pinphone system is in use, with all cells having their own phone.
Healthcare The prison plans to open an
offender personality disorder unit with a capacity of 23 beds in single cells, and has an Integrated Substance Misuse service. Dental services are provided three times a week, optician services fortnightly, chiropody services weekly, asthma services weekly and sexual health services weekly. GP and out of hours services are available. There is one full-time consultant forensic psychiatrist and an additional psychiatrist who works two days per week. Healthcare services are provided by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ==Notable inmates==