The site of the former prison is located about two miles south of the centre of the village of Ashwell, alongside the road to Oakham and opposite the former kennels of the Cottesmore Hunt.

[2] In the same year an inmate at the prison escaped from guards while receiving treatment for tuberculosis at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

The riot started when a prisoner, serving a three-year sentence, confronted staff and refused to return to his room.

In January 2011, it was announced that Ashwell Prison was to close, as the cost of repairing and maintaining the building was too high.

[8] In January 2013, Rutland County Council announced that it had finalised a deal to buy the former prison from the Ministry of Justice in order to convert the site into a business park.

The site was redeveloped throughout 2013, with some accommodation blocks damaged during the riots demolished and new units built in their place.