HM Prison Winson Green
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HM Prison Winson Green is a Victorian-era men’s prison in Birmingham, England, known for housing several high-profile inmates, including the wrongly convicted Birmingham Six.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HM Prison Winson Green canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5366148 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HM Prison Winson Green Context triple: [Birmingham Six, detainedIn, HM Prison Winson Green]
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A.
HM Prison Saughton
HM Prison Saughton is a major prison facility in Edinburgh, Scotland, serving as the city's primary modern correctional institution.
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B.
HM Prison Standford Hill
HM Prison Standford Hill is a Category D open prison for adult men located on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England.
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C.
HM Prison Belmarsh
HM Prison Belmarsh is a high-security men's prison in southeast London known for holding high-profile and terrorism-related inmates.
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D.
HM Prison Gartree
HM Prison Gartree is a high-security men's prison in Leicestershire, England, primarily housing long-term and life-sentenced prisoners.
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E.
HM Prison Maidstone
HM Prison Maidstone is a Category C men's prison in Maidstone, Kent, England, primarily housing foreign national offenders.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HM Prison Winson Green Target entity description: HM Prison Winson Green is a Victorian-era men’s prison in Birmingham, England, known for housing several high-profile inmates, including the wrongly convicted Birmingham Six.
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A.
HM Prison Saughton
HM Prison Saughton is a major prison facility in Edinburgh, Scotland, serving as the city's primary modern correctional institution.
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B.
HM Prison Standford Hill
HM Prison Standford Hill is a Category D open prison for adult men located on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England.
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C.
HM Prison Belmarsh
HM Prison Belmarsh is a high-security men's prison in southeast London known for holding high-profile and terrorism-related inmates.
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D.
HM Prison Gartree
HM Prison Gartree is a high-security men's prison in Leicestershire, England, primarily housing long-term and life-sentenced prisoners.
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E.
HM Prison Maidstone
HM Prison Maidstone is a Category C men's prison in Maidstone, Kent, England, primarily housing foreign national offenders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era prison
ⓘ
men's prison ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Winson Green Prison ⓘ |
| buildingStyle | Victorian ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| genderOfPopulation | male ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Prison Rules of England and Wales
ⓘ
linked to:
Prison Rules (England and Wales)
|
| hasCapacity | approximately 1000 prisoners ⓘ |
| hasCategory | public sector prison ⓘ |
| hasEducationProvider | external education contractors ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType | local prison ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cell blocks
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ education facilities ⓘ healthcare unit ⓘ perimeter wall ⓘ segregation unit ⓘ visits centre ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
holds adult male prisoners
ⓘ
remand prison ⓘ training prison ⓘ |
| hasHealthcareProvider | National Health Service (NHS) contractors ⓘ |
| hasInmate | Birmingham Six ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType | adult male offenders ⓘ |
| hasRole | holds prisoners from local courts in the West Midlands ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Victorian radial design
ⓘ
housing the wrongly convicted Birmingham Six ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Birmingham
ⓘ
England ⓘ West Midlands ⓘ Winson Green ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Ministry of Justice (UK)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Justice
|
| opened | 1849 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
His Majesty's Prison Service
ⓘ
linked to:
HM Prison and Probation Service
|
| partOf | English prison system ⓘ |
| postcode | B18 ⓘ |
| securityClassification |
Category B
ⓘ
Category C ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Winson Green Road ⓘ |
| subjectOf | prison inspection reports by HM Inspectorate of Prisons ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HM Prison Winson Green Description of subject: HM Prison Winson Green is a Victorian-era men’s prison in Birmingham, England, known for housing several high-profile inmates, including the wrongly convicted Birmingham Six.
Referenced by (1)
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