Prisons in United Kingdom
123 facilities across 20 regions
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The United Kingdom operates a prison system across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. HM Prison Service manages prisons in England and Wales, while Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate systems. The system uses a category-based classification from Category A (highest security) to Category D (open prisons).
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HMP Ashfield
Cat C Trainer
Ashfield Prison is a privately run adult male prison in Pucklechurch, Bristol.
HMP Bedford
Reception
Bedford Prison is a prison in the centre of Bedford for men aged 18 and over.

HMP Belmarsh
High Security
Belmarsh is a high security men’s prison in southeast London.
HMP Berwyn
Cat C Trainer
Berwyn is a men’s prison in Wrexham, North Wales.
HMP Birmingham
Reception
Birmingham Prison is a men’s prison in the Winson Green area of Birmingham.
HMP Bristol
Reception
Bristol Prison is a men’s prison in the Horfield area of Bristol.
HMP Brixton
Cat C Trainer
Brixton Prison is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.
HMP Buckley Hall
Cat C Trainer
Buckley Hall is a men’s prison in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

HMP Ashfield
Cat C Trainer
Ashfield Prison is a privately run adult male prison in Pucklechurch, Bristol.
HMP Bedford
Reception
Bedford Prison is a prison in the centre of Bedford for men aged 18 and over.

HMP Belmarsh
High Security
Belmarsh is a high security men’s prison in southeast London.
HMP Berwyn
Cat C Trainer
Berwyn is a men’s prison in Wrexham, North Wales.
HMP Birmingham
Reception
Birmingham Prison is a men’s prison in the Winson Green area of Birmingham.
HMP Bristol
Reception
Bristol Prison is a men’s prison in the Horfield area of Bristol.
HMP Brixton
Cat C Trainer
Brixton Prison is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Lambeth, South London.
HMP Buckley Hall
Cat C Trainer
Buckley Hall is a men’s prison in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
HMP Bullingdon
Reception
Bullingdon is a men’s prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire.
HMP Bure
Cat C Trainer
Bure is a prison near Norwich in Norfolk for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Cardiff
Reception
Cardiff Prison is a men’s prison in the centre of Cardiff, Wales.
HMP Channings Wood
Cat C Trainer
Channings Wood is a men’s prison near Newton Abbot in Devon.
HMP Coldingley
Cat C Trainer
Coldingley is a prison for adult men in Woking, Surrey.
HMP Dartmoor
Cat C Trainer
Dartmoor is a men’s prison in Devon.
HMP Dovegate
Cat B Trainer
Dovegate is a privately run male prison in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
HMP Durham
Reception
Durham Prison is a men’s prison in the city of Durham.
HMP Elmley
Reception
Elmley is one of 3 prisons for men that form the Sheppey Cluster in Kent, the other two being HMP Standford Hill and HMP Swaleside.
HMP Erlestoke
Cat C Trainer
Erlestoke is a men’s prison in the village of Erlestoke, Wiltshire.
HMP Exeter
Reception
Exeter is a men’s prison in Exeter city centre in Devon.
HMP Featherstone
Cat C Trainer
Featherstone is a men’s prison in the village of Featherstone, near Wolverhampton.
HMP Ford
Open
Ford is a men’s open prison in Arundel, West Sussex.
HMP Forest Bank
Reception
Forest Bank is a privately run male prison in Pendlebury, Salford.
HMP Frankland
High Security
Frankland is a high-security men’s prison in Brasside, County Durham.
HMP Full Sutton
High Security
Full Sutton is a men’s high security prison in the village of Full Sutton, near York.
HMP Garth
Cat B Trainer
Garth is a men’s high security prison near Leyland, Lancashire.
HMP Gartree
Cat B Trainer
Gartree is a high security men’s prison in Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
HMP Grendon
Cat B Trainer
Grendon is a men’s prison in the village of Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire. It is jointly managed with Spring Hill Prison, which is on the same site.
HMP Guys Marsh
Cat C Trainer
Guys Marsh is a men’s prison near Shaftesbury in Dorset.
HMP Hatfield
Open
Hatfield is a prison and young offender institution near Doncaster for men aged 18 and over. It is split into 2 sites, Hatfield Main and Hatfield Lakes.
HMP Haverigg
Open
Haverigg is a men’s open prison near Millom in Cumbria.
HMP Hewell
Reception
Hewell is a men’s prison in the village of Tardebigge, near Redditch in Worcestershire.
HMP Highpoint
Cat C Trainer
Highpoint is a men’s prison in Newmarket, Suffolk.
HMP Holme House
Cat C Trainer
Holme House is a men’s prison in Stockton on Tees, northeast England.
HMP Humber
Cat C Trainer
Humber is a men’s prison in Brough, near Hull, East Yorkshire.
HMP Huntercombe
Cat C Trainer
Huntercombe is a prison near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, for foreign national men.
HMP Isle of Wight
Cat B Trainer
Isle of Wight is a high security men’s prison, set across 2 sites (Albany and Parkhurst), just outside Newport, Isle of Wight.
HMP Kirkham
Open
Kirkham is a men’s open prison in the village of Kirkham, Lancashire.
HMP Kirklevington Grange
Open
Kirklevington Grange is an open prison in Stockton-on-Tees for men resettling in the north-east of England.
HMP Lancaster Farms
Cat C Trainer
Lancaster Farms is a men’s prison in Lancaster.
HMP Leeds
Reception
Leeds is an adult male prison in the Armley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
HMP Leicester
Reception
Leicester prison is a men’s prison in the centre of Leicester.
HMP Lewes
Reception
Lewes is a men’s prison in Lewes, East Sussex.
HMP Leyhill
Open
Leyhill is an open prison for men near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
HMP Lindholme
Cat C Trainer
Lindholme is an adult male prison, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
HMP Littlehey
Cat C Trainer
Littlehey is a prison near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Liverpool
Reception
Liverpool Prison is a men’s prison in the Walton area of Liverpool.
HMP Long Lartin
High Security
Long Lartin is a high security men’s prison in Evesham, Worcestershire.
HMP Lowdham Grange
Cat B Trainer
Lowdham Grange is a privately run male prison in Lowdham, Nottingham.
HMP Maidstone
Cat C Trainer
Maidstone is a prison in Maidstone, Kent, for foreign national men.
HMP Manchester
Cat B Trainer
Manchester Prison is a men’s high security prison in Manchester city centre. It was known as Strangeways until 1994.
HMP Morton Hall
Cat C Trainer
Morton Hall is a prison in Swinderby, near Lincoln, for men aged 18 and over.
HMP North Sea Camp
Open
North Sea Camp is an open prison for men aged 18 and over in Boston, Lincolnshire.
HMP Northumberland
Cat C Trainer
Northumberland is a privately run male prison in Morpeth, Northumberland.
HMP Norwich
Reception
Norwich is a prison for men aged 18 and over on the eastern outskirts of Norwich in Norfolk.
HMP Nottingham
Reception
Nottingham Prison is a men’s prison in the Sherwood area of Nottingham and serves courts in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
HMP Oakwood
Cat C Trainer
Oakwood is a privately run male prison in Featherstone, West Midlands.
HMP Onley
Cat C Trainer
Onley Prison is a men’s prison in Rugby, Warwickshire.
HMP Peterborough
Reception
Peterborough is a privately run prison for both male and female residents in Westwood, Peterborough.
HMP Preston
Reception
Preston Prison is a men’s prison in Preston, Lancashire.
HMP Ranby
Cat C Trainer
Ranby is a men’s prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire.
HMP Risley
Cat C Trainer
Risley is a prison for men in Warrington, Cheshire, including men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Rye Hill
Cat B Trainer
Rye Hill is a privately run male prison near Rugby, Warwickshire.
HMP Send
Female
Send is a women’s prison in Woking, Surrey.
HMP Spring Hill
Open
Spring Hill is a men’s open prison in the village of Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire. It is jointly managed with Grendon Prison, which is on the same site.
HMP Stafford
Cat C Trainer
Stafford Prison is a prison in the centre of Stafford for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Sudbury
Open
Sudbury Prison is a men’s prison near Ashbourne in Derbyshire.
HMP Swaleside
Cat B Trainer
Swaleside is a men’s high security prison on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It is part of the Sheppey Cluster, along with Elmley and Standford Hill.
HMP Swansea
Reception
Swansea Prison is a men’s prison in the centre of Swansea, Wales.
HMP Thameside
Reception
Thameside is a privately run male prison in Thamesmead, London.
HMP The Mount
Cat C Trainer
The Mount is a men’s prison in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire.
HMP The Verne
Cat C Trainer
The Verne is a prison on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Usk
Cat C Trainer
Usk is a men’s prison in the town of Usk, South Wales. It is managed jointly with Prescoed Prison.

HMP Wakfield
High Security
Wakefield is a high security prison for men, including men convicted of a sex offence, in West Yorkshire.
HMP Wandsworth
Reception
Wandsworth is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London.
HMP Warren Hill
Cat C Trainer
Warren Hill is a male adult prison near Hollesley village in Suffolk.
HMP Wayland
Cat C Trainer
Wayland is a men’s prison near Thetford, Norfolk.
HMP Wealstun
Cat C Trainer
Wealstun is a prison for adult men near Wetherby, Yorkshire.
HMP Whatton
Cat C Trainer
Whatton is a prison in Nottingham for men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP Whitemoor
High Security
Whitemoor is a men’s high security prison in March, Cambridgeshire.
HMP Wormwood Scrubs
Reception
Wormwood Scrubs is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London.
HMP Wymott
Cat C Trainer
Wymott is a prison for men near Leyland, Lancashire, including men convicted of a sex offence.
HMP/YOI Altcourse
Reception
Altcourse is a privately run male prison in Liverpool.
HMP/YOI Askham Grange
Female
Askham Grange is an open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Askham Richard, near York, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Brinsford
YOI
Brinsford is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Featherstone, near Wolverhampton, for men aged 18 to 21.

HMP/YOI Bronzefield
Female
Bronzefield is a privately run female prison in Ashford, Middlesex.
HMP/YOI Chelmsford
Reception
Chelmsford is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Chelmsford, Essex for men aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Doncaster
Reception
Doncaster is a privately run male prison in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
HMP/YOI Downview
Female
Downview is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Sutton, Surrey, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Drake Hall
Female
Drake Hall is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI East Sutton Park
Female
East Sutton Park is an open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Maidstone, Kent, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Eastwood Park
Female
Eastwood Park is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Foston Hall
Female
Foston Hall is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Derbyshire for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI High Down
Reception
High Down is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) near Sutton in Surrey.
HMP/YOI Hindley
Cat C Trainer
Hindley is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Bickershaw, near Wigan, for men aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay
Open
Hollesley Bay is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) for men over 18 in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
HMP/YOI Hull
Reception
Hull is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) for men over 18 just outside Hull, East Yorkshire.
HMP/YOI Isis
Cat C Trainer
Isis is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Thamesmead, South East London. It is named Isis after the ancient name for the River Thames.
HMP/YOI Lincoln
Reception
Lincoln is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in the East Midlands, for men aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Low Newton
Female
Low Newton is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Brasside, near Durham, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Moorland
Cat C Trainer
Moorland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) near Doncaster, South Yorkshire for men aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI New Hall
Female
New Hall is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Flockton, West Yorkshire, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Parc
Cat C Trainer
Parc is a privately run prison and young offender institute (YOI) in Bridgend, South Wales.
HMP/YOI Pentonville
Reception
Pentonville is a men’s prison and young offender institution in the London Borough of Islington, North London.
HMP/YOI Prescoed
Open
Prescoed is a men’s open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in the village of Coed-y-Paen, South Wales. It is managed jointly with Usk Prison.
HMP/YOI Rochester
Cat C Trainer
Rochester is a prison and young offender institution for men over 18 in Rochester, Kent.
HMP/YOI Standford Hill
Open
Standford Hill is an open prison for men. It is one of 3 prisons that form the Sheppey Cluster in Kent, along with HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside.
HMP/YOI Stocken
Cat C Trainer
Stocken Prison is a men’s prison near Oakham in Rutland, East Midlands.
HMP/YOI Stoke Heath
Cat C Trainer
Stoke Heath is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) in the village of Stoke Heath, Shropshire.
HMP/YOI Styal
Female
Styal is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Wilmslow, Cheshire, for women aged 18 and over.
HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall
Cat C Trainer
Swinfen Hall is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) in the village of Swinfen, Staffordshire.
HMP/YOI Thorn Cross
Open
Thorn Cross is a men’s open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Warrington, Cheshire.
HMP/YOI Winchester
Reception
Winchester is a men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) in the centre of Winchester, Hampshire.
HMP/YOI Woodhill
Cat B Trainer
Woodhill is a men’s high security prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Milton Keynes.
HMYOI Aylesbury
YOI
Aylesbury is a Young Offender institution (YOI) in Buckinghamshire for young men aged 17 to 21 serving long-term sentences.
HMYOI Cookham Wood
YJB
Cookham Wood is a young offender institution (YOI) in Rochester, Kent, for boys and young men aged 15 to 18.
HMYOI Deerbolt
YOI
Deerbolt is a prison and young offender institution near Barnard Castle, County Durham for men aged 18 to 24.
HMYOI Feltham
YOI
Feltham is a young offender institution (YOI) in London for boys and young men aged 15 to 21.
HMYOI Portland
Cat C Trainer
Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.
HMYOI Werrington
YJB
Werrington is a young offender institution (YOI) in Staffordshire for young people aged 15 to 18.
HMYOI Wetherby
YJB
Wetherby is a young offender institution (YOI) in Yorkshire for boys and young men aged 15 to 18.
Oakhill Secure Training Centre
Secure Training Centre
Secure Training Centre
HMP Five Wells
Cat C Resettlement
Five Wells prison, is built on the same site as the old Wellingborough Prison and is a Category C men's prison. The largest prison in the East Midlands, and one of the largest in the UK.