Known officially as His Majesty's Prison, it is run by the Ministry of National Security.

[6] The Grenadian politician Bernard Coard and other members of the Grenada 17 were imprisoned in Richmond Hill Prison.

[7] On 25 October 1983, as part of the U.S. invasion of Grenada, the U.S. armed forces' Delta Force attempted to capture Richmond Hill Prison to retrieve political prisoners, flying in on helicopters operated by the 160th Aviation Battalion.

Anti-aircraft fire wounded passengers and crew and forced one MH-60 helicopter to crash land.

The Black Hawk pilot was killed, but a Navy SH-3H helicopter rescued 11 crash survivors.