HM Prison Belmarsh
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HM Prison Belmarsh is a high-security men's prison in southeast London known for holding high-profile and terrorism-related inmates.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HM Prison Belmarsh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1964090 — 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 Belmarsh Context triple: [Julian Assange, placeOfDetention, HM Prison Belmarsh]
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A.
HM Prison Maze
HM Prison Maze was a high-security Northern Irish prison notorious for housing paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles and serving as the focal point of the 1981 republican hunger strikes.
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B.
Wakefield Prison
Wakefield Prison is a high-security men’s prison in West Yorkshire, England, known for holding some of the country’s most dangerous and high-profile inmates.
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C.
HM Prison Usk
HM Prison Usk is a Category C men’s prison in Monmouthshire, Wales, primarily housing vulnerable and sex offenders in a small, Victorian-era facility.
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D.
Werl Prison
Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.
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E.
Inverness Jail
Inverness Jail is a county correctional facility in Multnomah County, Oregon, used primarily for housing pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates.
- 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 Belmarsh Target entity description: 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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A.
HM Prison Maze
HM Prison Maze was a high-security Northern Irish prison notorious for housing paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles and serving as the focal point of the 1981 republican hunger strikes.
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B.
Wakefield Prison
Wakefield Prison is a high-security men’s prison in West Yorkshire, England, known for holding some of the country’s most dangerous and high-profile inmates.
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C.
HM Prison Usk
HM Prison Usk is a Category C men’s prison in Monmouthshire, Wales, primarily housing vulnerable and sex offenders in a small, Victorian-era facility.
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D.
Werl Prison
Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.
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E.
Inverness Jail
Inverness Jail is a county correctional facility in Multnomah County, Oregon, used primarily for housing pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-security prison
ⓘ
men's prison ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| category | Category A men's prison ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCapacityType | high-risk prisoners ⓘ |
| hasCategory | public sector prison ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
local prison
ⓘ
remand prison ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
detention of convicted prisoners
ⓘ
detention of high-risk offenders ⓘ detention of remand prisoners ⓘ detention of terrorism suspects ⓘ |
| hasNeighbour |
Thames Magistrates' Court
ⓘ
Woolwich Crown Court ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeatures |
electronic security systems
ⓘ
perimeter walls ⓘ segregation units ⓘ |
| hasSpecialRole |
holding prisoners charged with terrorism offences
ⓘ
holding prisoners considered a threat to national security ⓘ national high-security facility ⓘ |
| inmateGender | male ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Ministry of Justice
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
|
| knownFor |
high security conditions
ⓘ
holding high-profile inmates ⓘ holding terrorism-related inmates ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Thamesmead ⓘ southeast London ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Greater London
ⓘ
Royal Borough of Greenwich ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Thames
ⓘ
surface form:
River Thames
|
| locatedOn | Belmarsh site ⓘ |
| managedBy | Governor of HM Prison Belmarsh ⓘ |
| opened | 1991 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
HM Prison and Probation Service
ⓘ
surface form:
His Majesty's Prison Service
|
| ownedBy | UK government ⓘ |
| partOf |
HM Prison and Probation Service
ⓘ
surface form:
HM Prison Service estate
|
| postcode | SE28 0EB ⓘ |
| region | England ⓘ |
| securityClassification |
Category A
ⓘ
high security ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Western Way ⓘ |
| subjectTo | UK prison regulations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: HM Prison Belmarsh Description of subject: HM Prison Belmarsh is a high-security men's prison in southeast London known for holding high-profile and terrorism-related inmates.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
A Prison Diary: Volume I – Belmarsh: Hell