page_title: Colchester
section_title: Garrison
hierarchical_section_title: Colchester / Garrison
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the gate to the Military Corrective Training Centre at Berechurch Camp in Colchester, Essex. The inmates are referred to as Servicemen Under Sentence, not prisoners. The MOD maintains this is not actually a prison as in civilian life many of the misdemeanours that send people here would not attract a custodial sentence. A good proportion of the alumni of this training centre are discharged back to their units and have creditable careers in the services.
context_page_description: Colchester is a historic market town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in the county of Essex. Colchester was the first Roman-founded Colonia in Britain, and Colchester lays claim to be regarded as Britain's oldest recorded town. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.
  Situated on the River Colne, Colchester is 50 miles northeast of London and is connected to the capital by the A12 road and its railway station which is on the Great Eastern Main Line. It is seen as a popular town for commuters, and is less than 30 miles from London Stansted Airport and 20 miles from the passenger ferry port of Harwich.
  Colchester is home to Colchester Castle and Colchester United Football Club. The demonym is Colcestrian.
context_section_description: Colchester has been an important military garrison since the Roman era. The Colchester Garrison is currently home to the 16th Air Assault Brigade. The Army's only military corrective training centre, known colloquially within the forces and locally as "The Glasshouse" after the original military prison in Aldershot, is in Berechurch Hall Road, on the outskirts of Colchester. The centre holds men and women from all three services who are sentenced to serve periods of detention.
  From 1998 to 2008, the garrison area of the town underwent massive redevelopment. A lot of the Ministry of Defence land was sold for private housing development and parts of the garrison were moved. Many parts of the garrison now stand empty awaiting the second phase of the development.
  Since 2006, Colchester has been one of 12 places in the UK where Royal Salutes are fired to mark Royal anniversaries and visits by foreign heads of state. From 2009, these salutes have taken place in Castle Park.
  BFBS Radio broadcasts from studios on the base on 107.0FM as part of its UK Bases network
caption: The military corrective training centre
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