England & Wales
High-security prisons (England & Wales)
Category A and high-security-function establishments in the current directory.
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Establishments
High-security prisons (England & Wales)
Collection
High-security prisons hold people whose escape would present the greatest public risk. This collection includes Category A establishments and sites whose predominant function is recorded as high security; it is distinct from the administrative long-term and high-security estate grouping.
This page lists 6 establishments from the current import.
Directory article for this thematic list
Methodology
Collections are calculated from visible HMPPS-derived fields such as gender, category, predominant function and operator. Counts update with the underlying import; no establishments are added manually to inflate the list.
Official sources
HMP Belmarsh
High Security
Belmarsh is a high security men’s prison in southeast London.
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 Long Lartin
High Security
Long Lartin is a high security men’s prison in Evesham, Worcestershire.
HMP Wakfield
High Security
Wakefield is a high security prison for men, including men convicted of a sex offence, in West Yorkshire.
HMP Whitemoor
High Security
Whitemoor is a men’s high security prison in March, Cambridgeshire.
Labels and counts reflect the HMPPS administrative import in this site build. Refresh the dataset to update listings; always confirm details with official sources.