The prison, which housed up to 1,000 male and female inmates, was located in Station Hill, St. Michael.
A Commission of Inquiry has been set up to aid in an investigation of events which led to the riot and resulting fire.
[3] Proposed alternate uses for the property have included: a rehabilitation centre for ex-offenders, halfway housing for persons addicted to drugs, or housing of individuals with a known mental illness.
[4] Prison art Barbados Scenes of Glendairy Prison were featured in season six of the television show Locked Up Abroad.
[5] Documentaries and books have also been written by British prisoners at the new prison including Will Mellor[6] and Terence Donaldson, who wrote Hell in Barbados.