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Paddington Green Police Station was a Police Station located in Paddington, central London, England. The station was operated by the Metropolitan Police Service, but it closed in 2018. It also served as the most important high-security station in the United Kingdom. This is because prisoners suspected of terrorism were held at the station for questioning. The building was a typical 1960s office block, but underneath the station were sixteen cells located below ground level, which had a separate custody suite from the building's other cells. Building work was completed in 1971. High-profile terrorist suspects arrested across the UK were often taken to Paddington Green Police Station for interrogation, and holding until escorted to a Court of Law. Suspects who have been held there include members of the IRA, the British nationals released from Guantanamo Bay, and the 21 July 2005 London bombers. On 10 October 1992, a bomb was exploded in a phone box outside the police station, injuring one person.[1] In 2007, a joint parliamentary human rights committee stated that the old and decrepit mid-1960s police station was "plainly inadequate" to hold such high-risk prisoners. Lord Carlile, the official reviewer of the government's terrorism laws, said the Metropolitan Police needed a new custody suite suitable for up to 30 terrorism suspects.[2] The old cells were 12-foot square, contained no windows and were reportedly too hot in the summer and too cold in winter. Refurbishments were made in 2009 at a cost of £490,000.[3] Suspects now have access to an audio-visual system on which they can watch films and listen to music whilst incarcerated. This system was added because it was deemed inhumane to keep people locked up for up to 28 days without any stimulation. The cells are lined with brown paper before suspects arrive so that any traces of explosives found on their bodies can be proven not to have been picked up from the cells.[3] References1. ^{{cite hansard | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo960304/text/60304w13.htm | title=Written Answers: Letter from A. J. Butler to Mr. Tom Cox|house= House of Commons| date=4 March 1996|accessdate=25 June 2015}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/21/terrorism.uksecurity|title=New anti-terror jail to replace Paddington Green Police station|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 November 2007|last=Travis|first=Alan|accessdate=25 June 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/163490000-to-make-paddington-green-habitable-1690636.html|title= £490,000 to make Paddington Green habitable|last=Hughes|first=Mark|date=26 May 2009|accessdate=25 June 2015 | location=London | work=The Independent}} External links
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