Albany also operates as an Assessment Centre for the core Sex Offender Treatment Programme.

The inspection of kitchens at 1,900 premises on the Isle of Wight, including schools, church halls, cafes and restaurants found Albany to have a top rating in standards of food preparation, ahead of establishments such as the Royal Yacht Squadron club.

[5] In May 2010 a man dressed as Snoopy and an accomplice attempted to enter the Albany site, trying to free a prisoner.

By the week of 21 August they had issued a six-point policy document called Get Tough.

However Prison Officers in Albany rejected this as not being strong enough and demanded stricter punishments for every infringement of the regulations.

Several were named: Charles Kray, Robert Welch, John Duddy, Ian Brady and Ray Morris.

All wings are identical and hold prisoners in single cells with in-cell but no toilet or sink.