HMP Polmont first opened as a Borstal in 1911 in the buildings of the former Blairlodge Academy.

The Academy had been forced to close in 1908 due to financial difficulties and a subsequent outbreak of an infectious disease, and the Prison Commissioners bought the site in 1911.

[3] Living conditions have also been criticised, including an alleged insufficency of food and the outdated practice of slopping out.

[4] Notable inmates have included murderer Luke Mitchell, Chris Cunningham, star of BBC Scotland's The Scheme, and Aaron Campbell, convicted of carrying out one instance of child abduction, rape and murder.

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