HMP Aberdeen closes ahead of launch of HMP Grampian in Peterhead The doors will slam shut on HMP Aberdeen for the last time on Friday. The prison, known locally as Craiginches, will close ahead of the launch of HMP Grampian in March. Inmates form HMP Peterhead and HMP Aberdeen, who are being held at other prisons temporarily, will move to a new purpose built facility. In 2007 justice secretary Kenny MacAskill announced that the Peterhead prison would be demolished and replaced by a new state-run prison, HMP Grampian, on the same site. The new facility will also absorb the inmates from HMP Aberdeen. Demolition work began in February last year and the new £85m facility is expected to open in March. The new HMP Grampian will also include a young offenders unit and will hold approximately 500 prisoners.