# Stock Farm Prison
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{{short description|Prison in Roseau, Dominica}}
'''Stock Farm Prison''' is the national prison of the Caribbean island of [Dominica](/source/Dominica). It lies in the northern part of the city of [Roseau](/source/Roseau), in the Stock Farm neighborhood, just to the northwest of [Dominica State College](/source/Dominica_State_College). As of 2010 it had a prison population of 289, up from 229 in 1992, which, given its size, is severely overcrowded.[{{cite web|url=http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/worldbrief/wpb_country.php?country=62|title=Dominica|publisher=[International Centre for Prison Studies](/source/International_Centre_for_Prison_Studies)|accessdate=25 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322112115/http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/worldbrief/wpb_country.php?country=62|archivedate=22 March 2012}}][{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office|title=Human rights: annual report 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHnLuiW4ylkC&pg=PT177|accessdate=25 June 2011|year=2004|publisher=The Stationery Office|isbn=978-0-903359-91-7|page=177}}] As of 2010 it was directed by Denis A. Blanc, under the Dominica Prison Service.{{update needed|date=August 2019}} A [Department for International Development](/source/Department_for_International_Development) small grants scheme has enabled the [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office) to launch a training programme in the prison for the convicts such as bricklaying, carpentry and plumbing to enhance their job prospects after being released.