annual-report-2014

New Hampshire
State Prison for Men
T
he New Hampshire
State Prison for Men
(NHSP/M) in Concord
provides housing for three
classification levels of
male offenders ranging
from general population
(C3) to maximum security
(C5). In addition, all male
inmates newly incarcerated
in the NHDOC system
are processed through the
Reception and Diagnostic
Unit (R&D).
The prison campus,
located on North State
Street, consists of three
separate general population
C3 housing units: The
Parker Hancock Building,
Medium Custody North,
and Medium Custody
South. Approximately 1,075
offenders reside in these
housing units.
The Reception and
Diagnostic Unit houses a
Richard Gerry, Warden
maximum population of
120 offenders. Included in
this population are newly
sentenced inmates, parole
violators, and inmates in
protective custody review
status. While in R&D,
all new offenders must
undergo several types of
The most restricted
housing
unit, SHU, has
a population of
between 95-110.
assessment interviews
and testing before they are
classified and assigned to
a housing unit. The assessment
includes an intake
physical, mental health
evaluation, unit manager
orientation, dental screening,
investigations intake,
pre-release planning,
and educational testing.
Inmate movement through
R&D includes releases,
new intakes, movement
to other facilities, movement
to and from outside
medical appointments
and transports to and from
court appearances. Immediately
adjacent to R&D
is a dormitory housing area
for up to 40 inmates who
are awaiting movement to
a general population unit.
There are two additional
dormitories housing up to
80 minimum security (C2)
offenders who are awaiting
movement to the Transitional
Work Center (TWC)
outside of the Concord
facility.
NHSP/M includes
two higher custody level
housing units: The Close
Custody Unit (CCU) which
has a capacity for 120
offenders; and the most
restricted, the Special
Housing Unit (SHU), which
routinely has an offender
population of between
95-110. At the present
time there is one inmate
housed in SHU who has
been convicted of Capital
Murder and sentenced to
the death penalty. The SHU
houses maximum custody
inmates, inmates serving
punitive segregation
imposed as a sanction to a
disciplinary report, protective
custody CCU inmates,
and inmates who are in
Pending Administrative
(Continued)
Annual Report SFY 2014
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