Category C prisons: what our directory pages show
20 March 2026Counts and labels reflect the prison import in this site build. They are not live government data.
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Our category hub for this band lists 44 establishments after import mapping. This article explains how to read those pages and when to verify details with HMPPS.
What this page is for
This article describes how “Category C prisons” appears in our England and Wales directory and how many establishments currently map to it.
It is intended to help readers interpret our listings alongside the separate category hub and our general guide on prison categories.
How category is represented here
We currently associate 44 establishments with this category band in the import-derived model. Mapping uses administrative fields and, where needed, inference rules documented in our data pipeline notes.
Figures and labels on Prisons Online come from the HMPPS prison export used in this build. Security category and function wording are administrative fields in that source (and category may be inferred where the export does not map cleanly). Always confirm visiting rules, contact details, and regime information with official HMPPS or GOV.UK sources.
Examples from the dataset
Illustrative entries: HMP Ashfield, HMP Berwyn, HMP Brixton, HMP Buckley Hall, HMP Bure. Use the hub page for the complete filtered grid.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this the same as a legal security classification?
- Our site reflects labels derived from published administrative data. Official security category decisions are made by HMPPS; confirm category with the establishment or official channels.
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Showing 24 of 44 establishments. Open the full listing for the complete grid.
HMP Ashfield
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Ashfield Prison is a privately run adult male prison in Pucklechurch, Bristol.
HMP Berwyn
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Berwyn is a men’s prison in Wrexham, North Wales.
HMP Brixton
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Brixton Prison is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.
HMP Buckley Hall
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Buckley Hall is a men’s prison in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
HMP Bure
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Bure is a prison near Norwich in Norfolk for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Channings Wood
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Channings Wood is a men’s prison near Newton Abbot in Devon.
HMP Coldingley
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Coldingley is a prison for adult men in Woking, Surrey.
HMP Dartmoor
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Dartmoor is a men’s prison in Devon.
HMP Erlestoke
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Erlestoke is a men’s prison in the village of Erlestoke, Wiltshire.
HMP Featherstone
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Featherstone is a men’s prison in the village of Featherstone, near Wolverhampton.
HMP Guys Marsh
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Guys Marsh is a men’s prison near Shaftesbury in Dorset.
HMP Highpoint
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Highpoint is a men’s prison in Newmarket, Suffolk.
HMP Holme House
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Holme House is a men’s prison in Stockton on Tees, northeast England.
HMP Humber
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Humber is a men’s prison in Brough, near Hull, East Yorkshire.
HMP Huntercombe
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Huntercombe is a prison near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, for foreign national men.
HMP Lancaster Farms
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Lancaster Farms is a men’s prison in Lancaster.
HMP Lindholme
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Lindholme is an adult male prison, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
HMP Littlehey
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Littlehey is a prison near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Maidstone
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Maidstone is a prison in Maidstone, Kent, for foreign national men.
HMP Morton Hall
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Morton Hall is a prison in Swinderby, near Lincoln, for men aged 18 and over.
HMP Northumberland
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Northumberland is a privately run male prison in Morpeth, Northumberland.
HMP Oakwood
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Oakwood is a privately run male prison in Featherstone, West Midlands.
HMP Onley
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Onley Prison is a men’s prison in Rugby, Warwickshire.
HMP Ranby
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Ranby is a men’s prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire.