List of prisons in the United Kingdom
List of prisons in the United Kingdom is a list of all 150 current and a number of historical prisons in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Prisons
England and Wales
Public Sector prisons in England and Wales are managed by Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS), which is part of the National Offender Management Service, an executive agency of the United Kingdom government.[1] In addition, since the 1990s the day-to-day running of a number of previously existing prisons, as well as several new facilities, has been "contracted out" to private companies, such as Serco and G4S.[2] All prisons in England and Wales, whether publicly or privately run, are inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons.[2][3]
There are also "Immigration Removal Centres" run by the UK Border Agency.
The following table lists all prisons and Young Offender Institutions in use in England and Wales as of the 2010s. All house adult males, and are operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service unless noted otherwise. Adult offenders are persons aged 21 or over, Young Offenders are persons aged between 18-20, and Youth/Juvenile Offenders are persons aged between 10-17. However, some offenders aged between 15-17 are placed in Young Offender Institutions in certain cases, due to capacity, risk and other factors.
As of 2016, the prison population of the UK (England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland combined) is around 86,000, with a total capacity of around 88,000.[4] The total UK prisoner population is expected to hit 90,000 by 2020.
Name | Location | County | Operator | Capacity | Notes | Category |
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Altcourse | Liverpool | Merseyside | G4S[2] | 1324[5] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[5] | B |
Ashfield | Pucklechurch | Gloucestershire | Serco[2] | 400[6] | Adult Sex Offenders | C |
Askham Grange | Askham Richard | North Yorkshire | 128[7] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[7] | D | |
Aylesbury | Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire | 443[8] | Young Offenders[8] | HMYOI | |
Bedford | Bedford | Bedfordshire | 506[9] | B | ||
Belmarsh | Thamesmead | London | 910[10] | A | ||
Berwyn | Wrexham | Wrexham County Borough | 2106[11] | Male adult. Due to open February 2017. | C | |
Birmingham | Birmingham | West Midlands | G4S[2] | 1450[12] | Previously known as Winson Green.[13] | B, C |
Blantyre House | Goudhurst | Kent | 122[14] | C, D | ||
Brinsford | Featherstone | Staffordshire | 569[15] | Young Offenders[15] | HMYOI | |
Bristol | Horfield | Bristol | 614[16] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[16] | B | |
Brixton | Brixton | London | 798[17] | Training Establishment | C (Training) | |
Bronzefield | Ashford | Surrey | Sodexo Justice Services[2] | 569[18] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[18] | A |
Buckley Hall | Rochdale | Greater Manchester | 381[19] | C | ||
Bullingdon | Arncott | Oxfordshire | 1114[20] | B, C | ||
Bure | Coltishall | Norfolk | 523[21] | C | ||
Cardiff | Adamsdown | Cardiff | 784[22] | B | ||
Channings Wood | Denbury | Devon | 731[23] | C | ||
Chelmsford | Chelmsford | Essex | 695[24] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[24] | B | |
Coldingley | Bisley | Surrey | 513[25] | C | ||
Cookham Wood | Borstal | Kent | 157[26] | Young Offenders[26] | HMYOI | |
Dartmoor | Princetown | Devon | 646[27] | C | ||
Deerbolt | Startforth | County Durham | 453[28] | Young Offenders[28] | HMYOI | |
Doncaster | Doncaster | South Yorkshire | Serco[2] | 1145[29] | B | |
Dovegate | Uttoxeter | Staffordshire | Serco[2] | 860[30] | B | |
Downview | Banstead | Surrey | 358[31] | Female Adults and Young Offenders [31] | C | |
Drake Hall | Yarnfield | Staffordshire | 315[32] | Female Adults and Young Offenders. Specializes in Foreign Nationals[32] | C | |
Durham | Durham | County Durham | 981[33] | B | ||
East Sutton Park | Sutton Valence | Kent | 100[34] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[34] | D | |
Eastwood Park | Falfield | Gloucestershire | 362[35] | Female Adults[35] | Semi-Open | |
Erlestoke | Erlestoke | Wiltshire | 470[36] | C | ||
Exeter | Exeter | Devon | 533[37] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[37] | B | |
Featherstone | Featherstone | Staffordshire | 702[38] | C | ||
Feltham | Feltham | London | 762[39] | Young Offenders[39] | HMYOI | |
Ford | Arundel | West Sussex | 557[40] | D | ||
Forest Bank | Pendlebury | Greater Manchester | Sodexo Justice Services[2] | 1424[41] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[41] | B |
Foston Hall | Foston, Derbyshire | Derbyshire | 290[42] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[42] | B | |
Frankland | Brasside | County Durham | 750[43] | A | ||
Full Sutton | Full Sutton | East Riding of Yorkshire | 608[44] | A | ||
Garth | Ulnes Walton | Lancashire | 847[45] | B | ||
Gartree | Market Harborough | Leicestershire | 869[46] | B | ||
Glen Parva | Leicester | Leicestershire | 808[47] | Young Offenders, CLOSED June 2017[47] | HMYOI | |
Grendon & Springhill | Grendon Underwood | Buckinghamshire | 235[48] | B | ||
Guys Marsh | Shaftesbury | Dorset | 578[49] | C | ||
Hatfield | Hatfield Woodhouse | South Yorkshire | 260[50] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[50] | D | |
Haverigg | Haverigg | Cumbria | 644[51] | C | ||
Hewell | Tardebigge | Worcestershire | 1431[52] | B, C, D | ||
High Down | Banstead | Surrey | 1189[53] | B | ||
Highpoint North | Stradishall | Suffolk | 379[54] | Previously known as Edmunds Hill. | C | |
Highpoint South | Stradishall | Suffolk | 944[55] | C | ||
Hindley | Bickershaw | Greater Manchester | 440[56] | Young Offenders[56] | HMYOI | |
Hollesley Bay | Woodbridge | Suffolk | 330[57] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[57] | D | |
Holme House | Stockton-on-Tees | County Durham | 1211[58] | B | ||
Hull | Kingston upon Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1044[59] | B | ||
Humber | Brough | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1064[60] | Male Adults, Resettlement[61] | C | |
Huntercombe | Nuffield | Oxfordshire | 365[62] | Young Offenders[62] | HMYOI | |
Isis | Thamesmead | London | 622[63] | Young Offenders[63] | HMYOI | |
Isle of Wight (Albany) | Newport | Isle of Wight | 567[64] | B | ||
Isle of Wight (Parkhurst) | Newport | Isle of Wight | 536[64] | B | ||
Kennet | Maghull | Merseyside | 342[65] | C | ||
Kirkham | Kirkham | Lancashire | 590[66] | D | ||
Kirklevington Grange | Kirklevington | North Yorkshire | 283[67] | C, D | ||
Lancaster Farms | Lancaster | Lancashire | 549[68] | C | ||
Leeds | Leeds | West Yorkshire | 1004[69] | B | ||
Leicester | Leicester | Leicestershire | 392[70] | B | ||
Lewes | Lewes | East Sussex | 723[71] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[71] | B | |
Leyhill | Tortworth | Gloucestershire | 532[72] | D | ||
Lincoln | Lincoln | Lincolnshire | 738[73] | B | ||
Lindholme | Hatfield Woodhouse | South Yorkshire | 990[74] | Part of site used as Immigration Removal Centre[74] | C, D | |
Littlehey | Perry | Cambridgeshire | 726[75] | Extension holding 480 Male Young Offenders to open January 2010[75] | C | |
Liverpool | Liverpool | Merseyside | 1184[76] | B, C | ||
Long Lartin | South Littleton | Worcestershire | 622[77] | A | ||
Low Newton | Brasside | County Durham | 336[78] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[78] | C | |
Lowdham Grange | Lowdham | Nottinghamshire | Serco[2] | 690[79] | B | |
Maidstone | Maidstone | Kent | 600[80] | C | ||
Manchester | Manchester | Greater Manchester | 1269[81] | Previously known as Strangeways[81] | A | |
Moorland | Hatfield Woodhouse | South Yorkshire | 1006[82] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[82] | C | |
New Hall | Flockton | West Yorkshire | 446[83] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[83] | C | |
Northumberland | Acklington | Northumberland | Sodexo Justice Services[2] | 1348 | Created by merging HMP Acklington and HMP Castington | C |
North Sea Camp | Freiston | Lincolnshire | 306[84] | D | ||
Norwich | Norwich | Norfolk | 767[85] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[85] | B, C | |
Nottingham | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 549[86] | B | ||
Oakwood | Featherstone | Staffordshire | G4S[2] | 2106[87] | C | |
Onley | Rugby | Warwickshire | 742[88] | Male Adults, Training and Resettlement[89] | C | |
Parc | Bridgend | Mid Glamorgan | G4S[2] | 1200[90] | Male Adults and Young Offenders.[90] Opened in 1997. | B |
Pentonville | Barnsbury | London | 1250[91] | B, C | ||
Peterborough | Peterborough | Cambridgeshire | Sodexo Justice Services[2] | 840[92] | Male Adults (480) and Female Adults (360)[92] | B |
Portland | Easton | Dorset | 624[93] | Young Offenders[93] | HMYOI | |
Prescoed | Usk | Monmouthshire | 178[94] | Young Offenders; Satellite of Usk[94] | D | |
Preston | Preston | Lancashire | 750[95] | B | ||
Ranby | Ranby | Nottinghamshire | 1098[96] | C | ||
Risley | Warrington | Cheshire | 1085[97] | C | ||
Rochester | Rochester | Kent | 620[98] | Young Offenders[98] | HMYOI | |
Rye Hill | Barby | Northamptonshire | G4S[2] | 664[99] | B | |
Send | Send | Surrey | 282[100] | Female Adults[100] | C | |
Sheppey Cluster (Elmley) | Eastchurch | Kent | 985[101] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[101] | B, C | |
Sheppey Cluster (Standford Hill) | Eastchurch | Kent | 462[102] | D | ||
Sheppey Cluster (Swaleside) | Eastchurch | Kent | 1132[103] | B | ||
Stafford | Stafford | Staffordshire | 741[104] | C | ||
Stocken | Stretton | Rutland | 806[105] | C | ||
Stoke Heath | Stoke Heath | Shropshire | 632[106] | Young Offenders[106] | C | |
Styal | Styal | Cheshire | 459[107] | Female Adults and Young Offenders[107] | C | |
Sudbury | Sudbury | Derbyshire | 581[108] | D | ||
Swansea | Sandfields | Swansea | 422[109] | B, C | ||
Swinfen Hall | Swinfen | Staffordshire | 624[110] | Male Adults and Young Offenders[110] | C | |
Thameside | Thamesmead | London | Serco[2] | 1200[111] | B | |
The Mount | Bovingdon | Hertfordshire | 720[112] | Adult Category C[112] | C | |
Thorn Cross | Appleton Thorn | Cheshire | 321[113] | Young Offenders[113] | D | |
Usk | Usk | Monmouthshire | 250[114] | C | ||
Wakefield | Wakefield | West Yorkshire | 751[115] | A | ||
Wandsworth | Wandsworth | London | 1665[116] | B, C | ||
Warren Hill | Woodbridge | Suffolk | 222[117] | Young Offenders[117] | HMYOI | |
Wayland | Griston | Norfolk | 1017[118] | C | ||
Wealstun | Thorp Arch | West Yorkshire | 527[119] | C | ||
Werrington | Werrington | Staffordshire | 162[120] | Young Offenders[120] | HMYOI | |
Wetherby | Wetherby | West Yorkshire | 360[121] | Young Offenders[121] | HMYOI | |
Whatton | Whatton | Nottinghamshire | 841[122] | C | ||
Whitemoor | March | Cambridgeshire | 448[123] | A | ||
Winchester | Winchester | Hampshire | 544[124] | B | ||
Woodhill | Milton Keynes | Buckinghamshire | 819[125] | A | ||
Wormwood Scrubs | Wormwood Scrubs | London | 1277[126] | B | ||
Wymott | Ulnes Walton | Lancashire | 1144[127] | C |
Former prisons
Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Prison Service)
The following table lists the three active prisons in Northern Ireland. All three are operated by the Northern Ireland Prison Service. There is also a Juvenile Justice Centre, located in Bangor, County Down, which is operated by the Youth Justice Agency. It is also used as a prison officer training centre.[131]
Name | Location | County | Capacity | Gender | Juvenile (10–18) | Young Offender (18–21) | Adult | Adult Security Category |
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HMP Maghaberry | Lisburn | County Antrim | 745[132] | Male | High[132] | |||
HMP Magilligan | Limavady | County Londonderry | 452[133] | Male | Low[133] | |||
HMP Hydebank Wood | Belfast | County Down | 306[134] | Male/Female | Medium[135] | |||
Woodlands JJC | Bangor | County Down | 48[136] | Male/Female |
Former prison
- Maze, County Antrim (also called Long Kesh) – closed 29 September 2000
Scotland (Scottish Prison Service)
Former prisons
Name | Location | Council area | Notes | |||||
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Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Closed 2014 | |||||
Bass Rock | Firth of Forth | East Lothian | ||||||
Calton Gaol | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Gaol closed in 1927 | |||||
Duke Street | Glasgow | Glasgow | Closed 1955, demolished 1958 | |||||
Inveraray Jail | Inveraray | Argyll and Bute | Historic | |||||
Jedburgh Castle | Jedburgh | Scottish Borders | Historic | |||||
Noranside | Forfar | Angus | Closed 2011 | |||||
Peterhead | Peterhead | Aberdeenshire | Closed 2013 | |||||
Stonehaven Tolbooth | Stonehaven | Aberdeenshire | Historic | |||||
The Tolbooth | Aberdeen | Aberdeen | Historic | |||||
Old Tolbooth | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | Historic | |||||
HM Prison Penninghame | Newton Stewart | Dumfrieshire | Closed 2000 | |||||
HM Prison Dungavel | Strathaven | South Lanarkshire | Closed 2001 | |||||
HM Prison Longriggend | Longriggend | North Lanarkshire | Closed 2000 | |||||
HM Prison Friarton | Perth | Perthshire | Closed 2010 | |||||
HM Prison Ziest | Netherlands | [[]] | Closed | Leicestershire | Closed June 2017}
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