United Kingdom Inmate Search & Prison Directory

Local prison Category 'B' is Swansea, is still adult male prisoners and from the catchment area of ??the courts, prisoners have been convicted or are collfarnu.Cyflawnwyd prison in 1861 and has remained unchanged since then although the area 'D' has been additional accommodation and the reception area, kitchen and visits area have been re-built. A major refurbishment of the remaining accommodation is going on at the moment include a pedestrian gate, and re-establish health care Aral 'B' as a living unit.)

Opened in 1844 as House Correction. Called for Monmouthshire County Prison in 1870 after adding other buildings. He stayed like this until 1922 when it closed. Opened in 1939 as a Closed Borstal and still like this until 1964 when it became a detention center. In 1983 called Youth Custody Centre and from 1988 to 1990, YOI. In May 1990 an organization called Adult Cat C for Vulnerable Prisoners and continues like this today.

Category B Local Prison / Training, holds adult male prisoners and from courts around the catchment area in NHE East Wales. The Victorian 3 areas has been a major refurbishment which expires in June 2004. Includes extended prison in 1996 by commissioning a new 3 areas (C, D and E).

Labor by prisoners on the purpose built and opened in 1939 as an Open Custody. Continued like this until 1964 when it became a Detention Centre. Youth Detention Centre became open in 1983, changing to a Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in 1988. The GEM is part of Usk which approximately three miles away.

HMP Acklington is a Category C prison for convicted adult male prisoners. This former RAF station, situated near to the small town of Amble in Northumberland, was acquired by the Prison Service in 1971 and the prison opened in 1972. Alongside its neighbour, HMYOI Castington, it is the most northerly establishment in the country.

HMP Altcourse was the first designed, constructed, managed and financed private prison in the UK. The prison opened on 1st December 1997, and is a category B local prison for young offenders and adult male prisoners. HMP Altcourse is a Category B local prison receiving prisoners from the courts in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. The prison accepts young offenders and adult male prisoners who are both sentenced and remanded by the courts.

Ashfield holds young people aged between 15 and under 18 years. It is built on the site of the former remand center in Pucklechurch village.

In January 2011, it was announced that Ashwell Prison was to close, as the cost of repairing and maintaining the building was too high.[7] The prison formally closed at the end of March 2011, when all inmates were transferred to other prisons. As of yet the future of the site is yet to be determined

HMP/YOI Askham Grange is part of the Yorkshire and Humberside Area in the Directorate of Operations. It contributes to the delivery of the Key Objectives of the Prison Service by delivering a national service to women prisoners (residents) and young offenders and offers the opportunity for up to ten mothers to maintain full-time care of their child or children whilst in custody. It is an open prison, which facilitates a comprehensive resettlement regime for long and, increasingly, short-stay residents.

Bedford is a local, category B prison which has been on its current site since 1801. It was enlarged in 1849 and a new gate lodge, house block and health care centre added in early 1990s.

Belmarsh became operational on 2nd April 1991, and is a local prison, serving primarily the Central Criminal Court and magistrates Courts in SE London. In addition the establishment serves Crown and Magistrates Courts in SW Essex. Belmarsh has a dual role in that it also holds Category A prisoners.

Birmingham is a Victorian local prison housing adult male prisoners. It serves the Crown and Magistrates� Courts of Birmingham, Stafford and Wolverhampton and the Magistrates� Courts of Burton, Cannock, Litchfield, Rugeley, Sutton Coldfield and Tamworth.

Blantyre House is an adult male category 'C/D' resettlement prison. The buildings themselves are located in a country house which was taken over by the Prison Commission in 1954, having previously operated as a Fegan Home. It was a Detention Centre for young offenders before converting to a resettlement prison for long term prisoners. Amalgamated with East Sutton Park in 2007.

Blundeston is a category C training prison providing a therapeutic community, an assessment unit, skills training and education, and accredited offending behaviour courses.The prison was built and opened in 1963 with four single cell wings for 288 prisoners. In 1975 two multi-cell wings (F and G) were added bringing the CNA to 408

HMP Bristol receives male prisoners and a limited number of young offenders, both convicted and remand, from all local Courts, as well as being a Cat B facility for the West of England.

The original buildings date from 1819. In 1862 the prison was sold to the Government and converted into a prison for females. Twenty years later it was again converted, this time as a military prison, and in 1898, when it was returned to the Prison Commissioners, the buildings were enlarged and improved and made the trial and remand prison for the whole of the London area. The prison now serves a number of courts in South London and houses a mixture of remand and sentenced prisoners.

HMP Bronzefield is a modern purpose built prison for women which opened in June 2004. It performs the function of a local prison, accepting prisoners direct from the courts and is run by Sodexo Justice Services.

Buckley Hall was, at its reopening, the fourth contracted out prison in the UK, and the first privately managed Cat C establishment holding medium security prisoners. Group 4 Prison Services operated it but after a tendering process in June 2000 the establishment reverted to Prison Service control. The establishment is managed under a Service Level Agreement monitored by the Compliance Monitor, reporting to the Regional Offender Manager, CCU and the Area Manager. In November 2001 it was announced that the prison would re-role to a closed female training prison. The first female prisoners arrived in April 2002. As a result of population pressures in the male estate, it was decided to re-role the establishment back to a male category C prison in September 2005. The male prisoners began arriving on December 5th 2005.

Bullingdon Community Prison operates as an adult male Cat C training prison with a Cat B local function. Opened in 1992 it is a �new gallery' design prison with its four main houseblocks divided into three galleried units. A fifth houseblock was added in 1998 and a sixth in 2008 � both are two galleried units.

HMP Bullwood Hall was originally built in the 1960s as a female borstal. Due to population pressures on the male estate it was announced in May 2006 that Bullwood Hall would cease to hold female prisoners and be re-roled as a male Category C establishment.

HMP Bure is a category C prison built on part of the former RAF Coltishall site, seven miles north of Norwich. The prison was constructed throughout 2009 and is a mix of new buildings and those converted from their previous uses as airmen's accommodation and service buildings. Opened in two phases, HMP Bure accepted its first offenders at the end of November 2009, with the remainder of the accommodation coming on line in April 2010. While the remainder of the accommodation came on line in April 2010.

Canterbury prison sits close to the city centre, holding Foreign National prisoners serving up to 5 years with an expectation of removal.The prison dates from 1808 when a county gaol was built just outside the city limits. The front of the prison still bears the carved inscription 'House of Correction'. During the First World War the prison was used as a Home Office archive, later becoming a prison and a Naval Detention Centre.

HMP Cardiff is a Category B Local/Training Prison, holding male adult prisoners who are drawn predominantly from the surrounding court catchment area in South East Wales.

HMP Castington is a Category C Prison for convicted adult male prisoners. Situated near the town of Amble in Northumberland, it is the most northerly establishment in England, along with its neighbour HMP Acklington.

Channings Wood is a Category C training prison, which was built on the site of a Ministry of Defence base by a combination of contract and prison labour. Work commenced in 1973 and the prison officially opened in July 1974. Further accommodation was added in 1991 and 2004. A new 64 bed unit was opened in 2007; this houses the specialist Therapeutic Community (TC) which tackles drug misuse issues.

Coldingley was opened in 1969 as a Category B training prison. In 1993 it was re-designated as Category C training prison.Coldingley is focused on the resettlement of prisoners. It provides a framework to support the achievement of realistic resettlement goals by offering opportunities to prisoners willing to work hard and accept responsibility for achieving those goals.

HMYOI Cookham Wood was built in the 1970s, originally for young men, but its use was changed to meet the growing need for secure female accommodation at the time.In 2007/8, Cookham Wood underwent a change in function to accommodate 15-17 year-old young men to reduce capacity pressures in London and the South East for this particular age group.

Built in 1809 Dartmoor prison held French and American prisoners of war. It became a criminal prison from 1850. Most of the buildings date from the late 19th century but 3 wings have recently been fully refurbished. Integral sanitation in all but one wing, and a new kitchen has been built.

Dorchester is a local prison serving the Crown and Magistrates' courts in Dorset and some in Somerset.The present buildings are of a typical Victoria design with wings radiating from a central hub with galleried landings. The population varies from day to day with roughly half being remands and half convicted prisoners. HMP Dorchester operates as a Level 4 establishment and was recently awarded �Most Improved Prison for 2008'.

Dovegate is a male Category B training prison. It is operated by Serco Home Affairs. A 5 Star Health and Safety Award was received in 2009.

Dover is run by the Prison Service holding appellant and failed asylum seekers in secure conditions for the Immigration Service. It is a national resource holding male adult detainees aged 18 years and over allocated by the Detention Estate Population Management Unit based at Feltham, London.A UK Border Agency Manager and team are based on site to liaise with case owners, the Port Authorities and detainees. They see all new detainees and deal with applications on a daily basis. Regular updates are provided to detainees on the status of their cases. They can be contacted via the main Centre address.

The prison opened in 1989 as a category C Male Prison. In September 2001 Downview re-roled to a closed prison for adult women and in December 2004 a 16 bed juvenile unit (The Josephine Butler Unit) opened for young female offenders (both remand and convicted) aged from 15-18 in partnership with the Youth Justice Board.

During World War 2 Drake Hall was used to provide accommodation for female munitions workers. It became a male open prison in the 1960s, but has been female since 1974. Most accommodation was re-constructed 1994/95.In March 2009, Drake Hall was re-designated from semi-open to Closed.

Durham was built in the early 19th Century and has been undergoing a major refurbishment programme during the last 10 years.It is a Category B local prison serving the courts in the area.

Elmley is a purpose built local Prison serving all courts in the county of Kent. The establishment opened in 1992 and includes a Category C Unit of up to 240 prisoners built in 1997. Elmley is one of six Bullingdon design prisons in England and is the largest of the three prisons within the Sheppey Cluster.The Sheppey Cluster is an amalgamation of the three establishments, Elmley, Standford Hill and Swaleside.

HMP Erlestoke is a Category C establishment holding adult male sentenced prisoners. The prison is built on the former grounds of Erlestoke Manor House and has over the past few years expanded in both prisoner numbers and intervention programmes aimed to reduce the re-offending of prisoners.

Everthorpe is a category C training prison which opened in 1958 as a borstal. It was converted to its present role in 1991 and now holds convicted male prisoners. In 2005 HMP Everthorpe underwent a significant expansion programme that provided two new wings and 220 places. The expansion also included a new workshop complex, gymnasium and visitors centre.

Featherstone is an adult Cat C Closed Training Establishment. Featherstone offers: Education, Workshops. PE, Enhanced Thinking Skills Programmes, Welfare to Work, Job Club, Community Projects, Listeners Scheme.

HMP Ford is a Category D establishment with an emphasis on resettlement. Formerly a Fleet Air Arm Station, it converted to an open prison in 1960.The establishment is split into two sites with a main road dividing the sites. One side is mainly laid to residential, the other is where work activities take place.

Foston Hall is a Closed Female prison, which was originally the hunting estate of the Broadhurst family. The present Hall was built in 1863 but the estate is 14th Century and many parts of the 17th Century house remain. The Prison Service acquired the Hall and grounds in 1953. During its Prison Service history Foston Hall has been a Detention Centre, an immigration centre, and finally before its closure during 1996 a satellite of Sudbury prison. It was re-opened on 31 July 1997, following major refurbishment and building work, as a closed female establishment. The prison has a Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) of 290 spread over eight wings that serve a variety of functions.

Each of the original wings � A to D hold 108 in single cells. Wings F and G, opened in 1998 to an open gallery design, hold an additional 206.

Full Sutton is a modern, purpose-built, maximum security prison for men in category A and category B.It opened in 1987 and lies about 11 miles east of the City of York in open countryside in the village of Full Sutton, near to the town of Pocklington. The prison's primary function is to hold, in conditions of high security, some of the most difficult and dangerous criminals in the country.

Garth is a category B training prison which was opened in October 1988. A new residential unit (housing 120) opened in 1997, and a further 180 places were provided in August 2007.

Gartree opened in 1965 as a category C training prison but quickly changed its role and came within the high security system, reverting to a category B prison in 1992. Since then the population of life sentenced prisoners has been growing and in 1997 its role changed to that of a main lifer centre.

Grendon was opened in 1962 as an experimental psychiatric prison to provide treatment for prisoners with antisocial personality disorders, under the direction of a medical superintendent.Over the years it has been brought more in line with the rest of the prison estate and is now run by a prison service governor. It does, however continue to operate a unique regime in its therapeutic care of offenders. Currently Grendon can house up to 235 residents in Cat B secure conditions, with each of its six wings operating as autonomous therapeutic communities.

The prison is on the site of and old RAF training centre, converted to a prison in 1967. A great deal of modernisation has taken place over the years with improvements planned for the next few years.The prison can now hold 644 Category C male prisoners and has potential for developing further prisoner accommodation and facilities.

HMP Hewell was created by an amalgamation of the three former prisons on this site, Blakenhurst, Brockhill and Hewell Grange on 25 June 2008.Each site caters for a different category of prisoner - Cat B, Cat C and Cat D.The prison primarily serves the Worcestershire, West Midlands and Warwickshire catchment area.

Opened in 1992 High Down is situated opposite HMP Downview in Sutton. Built on the site of a former mental hospital at Banstead, the establishment serves the Crown Court at Guildford and Croydon, and surrounding magistrates courts.

From 1938 to 1970 the site of the prison was a Royal Air Force base. It was then used as a transit camp for Ugandan Asian refugees, before opening in 1977 as a prison. During the 1980s there were a number of alternations to the fabric of the prison, and in November 1997 part of the prison (North) was converted to hold women prisoners.The prison became a Category C Male establishment serving East Anglia and the South East on 3rd January 2005.

From 1938 to 1970 the site of the prison was a Royal Air Force base. It was then used as a transit camp for Ugandan Asian refugees, before opening in 1975 as a prison

Hollesley Bay began in 1887 as a Colonial College training those intending to emigrate. In 1938 the Prison Commission acquired Hollesley Bay to train young offenders in the Borstal system. In 1983 Youth Custody replaced the Borstal system and in October 1988, when the CJA 1988 came into force, Hollesley Bay became a YOI. In 1982 Warren Hill opened to accommodate Cat C young offenders in a closed environment alongside Hollesley Bay Open prison. In April 2002 though retaining some shared services, Hollesley Bay and Warren Hill became separate establishments, the Open complex retaining the name Hollesley Bay. The establishment provides different regimes for adult Category D offenders - life sentence prisoners at the end of their custodial time and young offenders.

Holme House is a large Category B Local Prison for male adult prisoners who are either remanded in custody or convicted, which opened in May 1992. Holme House can also accommodate a small number of Young Offenders provided that they are un-sentenced. The prison serves primarily the communities of the Tees Valley, South West Durham, East Durham and North Yorkshire.

HMP Hull is a Victorian Prison opened in 1870 to hold both men and women, 2 miles east of Hull city centre. In 1939 it was used as a Military Prison and later a Civil Defence Depot. In 1950 it re-opened as a Closed Male Borstal. In 1969, after extensive security work, Hull became one of the first maximum security dispersal prisons.In 2002 the prison expanded and the site increased in size. The expansion included 4 new wings, a new healthcare centre, a new sports hall, a new multi-faith centre and refurbishment to other part of the prison including the kitchen, education and workshops.

HMP The Isle of Wight was officially launched on 1st April 2009 and is the organisational amalgamation of the former HMP's Albany, Camp Hill, and Parkhurst. The prison holds approximately 1700 prisoners on the 3 sites with a central administration. The current populations remain unaltered. Camp Hill category C training, Albany category B sex offenders, Parkhurst category B training � with 50% cat B lifer and 50% VP population.

Albany occupies the site of a former military barracks on the outskirts of Newport. It was designed and built as a Category C Training Prison in the early 1960s. Soon after opening in 1967, a decision was taken that security be upgraded and, in 1970, Albany became part of the dispersal system. It suffered major disturbances in 1983, which closed most of the Prison for over a year. In 1992, as the result of a major review of the dispersal system Albany was redesignated as a Cat B Closed Training Prison. In January 1998 Albany changed from being half Vulnerable Prisoner Unit and half Normal Location, and is now exclusively sex offenders and vulnerable prisoners. Albany also operates as an Assessment Centre for the core SOTP.

Camp Hill was built in 1912 using prisoner labour from HMP Parkhurst and opened by Winston Churchill. It lies adjacent to Albany and Parkhurst on the outskirts of Newport, Isle of Wight and is a Category C Training prison.

HMP The Isle of Wight was officially launched on 1st April 2009 and is the organisational amalgamation of the former HMP's Albany, Camp Hill, and Parkhurst. The prison holds approximately 1700 prisoners on the 3 sites with a central administration. The current populations remain unaltered. Camp Hill category C training, Albany category B sex offenders, Parkhurst category B training � with 50% cat B lifer and 50% VP population.

n late December 2006, the National Offender Management Service acquired Ashworth East hospital from Merseyside Care Trust to help combat overcrowding within prisons in England and Wales. HMP Kennet has been opened as a Public Sector Category C Prison and forms part of the 2,500 prison places that the Home Secretary has committed to deliver by the end of 2007, and part of the 10,000 places by 2012.

HM Prison Kingston was originally built in 1877 to the Victorian radial design. Originally the prison accommodated domestic lifers. However in recent years there has been a change of emphasis and today the population has now progressed to a more general Category 'B' lifer population, including a wing for Category �C' lifers.

Kirkham is a category D training prison occupying the site of a former RAF technical training centre. The facility was taken over by the Home Office in the early 1960's and has been in use as a prison since 1962. With few exceptions the infrastructure and services, together with the buildings, are of World War II vintage, though prisoner accommodation is relatively new.

Opened in October 1992 as a Resettlement Prison for adult male offenders intending to settle on release, in the North East of England. Catchment area - Carlisle to Leeds.

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The Prison Service took over the site from the military in 1948. As a Prison Service establishment it has had several roles as a young offender institution, remand centre, and a deportees prison. It became a resettlement prison in 1992.

Leeds prison was built in 1847. It was a place of execution until 1960s, and was expanded from four wings to six wings in 1994. Recent refurbishment has addressed many of the issues associated with under investment in Victorian prisons, although further work is needed to upgrade the buildings and facilities. A new gate complex opened in September 2002, providing much needed staff facilities and an improvement to the entry point for all visitors and staff, which is closer to the Visitors Centre.

HMP Leicester is situated in a commercial and residential district about half a mile from the city centre. It has the appearance of an impressive and strong medieval fortress. The Gatehouse is the oldest part, built in 1825. Further construction took place in 1874 and filled the bulk of the space within the secure perimeter. In 1990 a new visits and administration block was built adjoining the Gatehouse.

Leyhill originally opened as hutted accommodation (formerly a wartime hospital) in 1946. Leyhill is in South Gloucestershire and is the only minimum-security prison in the South West Area.Leyhill was rebuilt in the late 1970s to early 1980s and in 1986 prisoners were re-housed in new living accommodation. In 2002 new accommodation units were added enabling the prison to cater for 532 prisoners.

HMP Lincoln opened as a local prison in 1872 holding remand and convicted prisoners. The Establishment is a category B prison holding adult male remand/convicted prisoners and unsentenced young adult prisoners. HMP Lincoln serves the courts of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Humberside.

HMP Lindholme is located approximately 10 miles north of Doncaster on the site of a former Royal Air Force base. The land was bought from the Ministry of Defence by the Home Office in the mid 1980s and opened as a prison in 1985.HMP Lindholme is a split site consisting of a category C Prison and Immigration Removal Centre (IRC).

Lindholme Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), located approximately 10 miles north of Doncaster, is part of Lindholme Prison. The Immigration Removal Centre occupies what used to be the officers' mess, which was transformed into a Category D status wing for 15 years, but was leased by Immigration Services and opened as the Removal Centre in 2000. Lindholme IRC continues to be run by the Prison Service, and is a national resource holding adult males over the age of 21 allocated by the Detainee Population Management Unit, based at Feltham, London. Lindholme IRC benefits from on-site assistance from an Immigration Services Manager and a Contact Management Team, liaising between detainees and their caseworkers.

Littlehey is a purpose build category C prison which holds convicted and sentenced adult men. It was opened in 1988 on the site of Gaynes Hall Youth Custody Centre.There are 8 residential units, two of which are 'Ready to Use' units (RTUs), one added in 1997 and the second in 2003.In January 2010, HMP Littlehey opened a large expansion to its current site to accommodate a population of up to 480 Young Offenders. This significant investment at the Littlehey site has allowed for the addition of four new accomodation blocks, an all weather sports pitch and state of the art Gymnasium, Adult Learning and Kitchen buildings. The regime will focus upon providing Young Offenders with a portfolio of skills and qualifications to change their futures. Employability and functional skills will be at the centre of the establishment's drive towards Reducing Re-offending adding to Littlehey's already successful and forward thinking, integrated regime.

Constructed in 1855 to replace a much older and more cramped establishment in the centre of Liverpool, and covers some 22 acres. It has a single capped security wall. There are 8 wings, all of which are in use having been refurbished and provided with integral sanitation system.

HMP Long Lartin was opened as a category C training prison in 1971, with additional security features and systems being added in 1972 to enable it to operate as a dispersal prison. It was further upgraded between 1995-97 as a consequence of the Woodcock/Learmont reports. Perrie Wing opened in June 1999 substantially increasing the capacity of the prison

HMP Lowdham Grange opened in 1998. It is a Category B closed training prison for adult males. It is operated and managed by Serco Ltd.

Maidstone prison is situated on the northern edge of the County Town of Kent. It was completed in 1819 and was constructed from local Kentish ragstone quarried from the site, to a design by architect Daniel Asher Alexander, and was the most advanced model of its time.

Manchester prison, formerly known as Strangeways, is a local prison which accepts people remanded into custody from the courts in the Greater Manchester area. The prison opened in June 1868. in 1963 it was decided that the prison would no longer hold women prisoners, and in 1980 it began to accept remand prisoners.

IRC Morton Hall is run by the Prison Service, on behalf of UK Border Agency. The Centre holds those subject to deportation who require secure conditions. It is a national resource holding male adult detainees aged 18 years and over allocated by the Detention Estate Population Management Unit. The Centre provides an active regime that allows detainees access to family contact, legal support and a range of activities. A UK Border Agency team are based at the site providing a link with case workers.

North Sea Camp is an open Category D prison, which opened in 1935 as a Borstal. The original group of staff and trainees set out from Stafford Prison and established a tented camp at the site. They immediately began building a permanent structure, some of which remains to this day. They also set out reclaiming land from The Wash by building a new sea bank in front of the old one. The land in the enclosures was further drained and converted into prime agricultural land. This work was completed in 1979. The reclaimed land was used for farming before being sold in 2004.

HMP Nottingham opened in 1890 as a city gaol but was reconstructed in 1912 and until 1997 served as a closed training establishment for adult males. In 1997 it re-rolled as a category B local prison, and now serves the courts of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

In 2003 the YJB made the decision to remove the juvenile population. These were replaced by sentenced adults in March 2004.�A new build was added in 2009 and the remaining Young Offender population were removed in March 2010.

Pentonville prison was the prototype for a radical design by Major Jebb - after whom the avenue on which Brixton prison stands was named. Pentonville was completed over 150 years ago and has remained in use ever since as a local prison. Although much refurbishment has taken place the original four cellblocks are as they were when the prison opened in 1842.

HMP Peterborough is a local category B prison which is situated on the former site of the Baker Perkins engineering works. The prison is operated by Sodexo Justice Services.Opening in March 2005, it is the country's only dual purpose-built prison for men and women, who are kept separate at all times. The prison also has a 12 place Mother and Baby Unit.

Prescoed is a purpose built hutted camp erected by prisoner labour and opened in 1939 as an open Borstal. It continued as a Borstal until 1964 when it became a Detention Centre. In 1983 it became an open Youth Custody Centre, changing to an open YOI in 1988. It is a satellite of HMP Usk which is located about three miles away.

Preston is substantially a Victorian radial prison. Its wings were constructed between 1840 and 1895 on a site occupied since 1790. The prison closed in 1931, reopened for military use in 1939 and as a civilian prison in 1948. It became a local prison in 1990.

Ranby is a category C male adult training prison. Converted in the early 1970s from its original use as an Army camp, some old billets still remain. Some purpose built accommodation added in 1980s. Two new wings opened in February 1996 and a further two wings in 1998. More new accommodation was added in 2004 and 2008.

Risley opened as a male/female Remand Centre in 1964. It was re-roled to a male category C Training Prison 1n 1990, on the same site the Female Remand Centre and a Male Allocation Centre. The female facility closed in April 1999 and the Male Allocation Centre closed in March 2000, at which time Risley wholly re-roled to a Category C Training Prison.

Rochester prison was originally built in 1874 on a former military site above the Medway river. It was rebuilt in the early 20th century as the Borstal Institution taking its title from an adjacent village. Its pioneering methods in dealing with young men and boys were used as a model for the creation of other borstal institutions which were given statutory authority in 1908 and lasted until their abolition in 1983, when Rochester converted to a youth custody centre. In 1988 it became a remand centre for the Kent courts and sentenced category C and D adult males. Further changes in role resulted in a mixed site holding immigration detainees, a resettlement unit for adult male prisoners at the end of their sentences and a remand and allocation centre for under 21 year old males.

HMP Rye Hill is situated in the village of Willougby, near Rugby, in Warwickshire. It opened in early 2001 as a purpose built training prison and is run by G4S.

Originally an Isolation Hospital, Send first became a Prison in 1962 when it opened as a Junior Detention Centre. It remained as such until 1987 when it was re-classified as a category C Adult Male Training Prison.Re-rolled in 1998 and completely rebuilt by 1999, Send currently operates as a closed Female Training Prison. It also houses a 20 bed Addictive Treatment Unit, an 80 bed Resettlement Unit and a Therapeutic Community with a capacity of 40.

Between 1610 and 1930 there was a prison on the site. The prison was closed between 1930 and 1939, but was re-opened as an English/American military establishment between 1939 and 1966.

The prison is situated in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. There has been a prison on the site since 1793, but the present prison was built in 1877.

Spring Hill is a category D Open Prison with a resettlement regime. Its purpose is to prepare prisoners for release by addressing, accommodation, employment, vocational training and offending behaviour needs. Through OASys sentence planning prisoners are encouraged and supported to train and prepare for their release. The regime, with its working out programme, is primarily set up to support the needs of longer term prisoners within the last few years of their sentence. However the needs of short term prisoners are also met through short term vocational courses run in the prison.

The present prison was built in 1794 and apart from the period 1916 - 1940, has been in continuous use. We hold 627 category C prisoners. There is a prisoner support (vulnerable) wing that holds 84 category C prisoners.Stafford has had a prison since the end of the 12th century.

Standford Hill is on the site of an ex Royal Air Force station. The prison was first used in 1950, but the current accommodation was built in 1986. The prison holds category D sentenced male adults.The Sheppey Cluster is an amalgamation of the three establishments; Elmley, Standford Hill, and Swaleside.

Built in 1985 as a young offender institution, HMP Stocken opened as a category C closed training prison. It has since expanded with new wings added in 1990, 1997, 1998 and an MTU opened in 2003. A further wing was opened in October 2007, and work is currently ongoing to provide a further wing from January 2008. In addition, new workshops are being built as part of the prisoner accommodation expansion to ensure that Stocken is able to offer purposeful activity to all of the prisoners in our care.

Built as a hospital for the US Air Force for the D-Day landings, it was converted to a prison in 1948. Most of the original single storey accommodation is still in use but has been converted to double or single rooms. New single storey buildings accommodate prisoners in either single or two-man rooms. A Modular Temporary Unit (MTU), containing 40 single rooms on two floors, was installed during 2003.

Swaleside is a Category B Training Prison.The Sheppey Cluster is an amalgamation of the three establishments, Elmley, Standford Hill and Swaleside.

Situated about half a mile from the city centre, on the coastal road. Building started in 1845 and was completed in 1861. It functioned as a prison for both male and female prisoners until 1922 when females were transferred to Cardiff Prison.Swansea has since operated as a Local Prison, holding prisoners up to and including Cat B. In the early 1980s Swansea started the Samaritan-trained prisoner Listener Scheme that has now developed into a nationwide provision. An intensive prisoner support unit has been established to help prisoners with coping strategies. Delivery supports a range of interventions tailored to individuals who are �poor copers', persistent self harmers or have mental health issues.

The Mount Prison opened in 1987 as a young offenders institution. It was designed as a Category C Training prison built on the site of a former RAF station on the outskirts of Bovingdon village, Hertfordshire

The Verne Prison opened in 1949 on the site of a former military barracks dating from the end of the nineteenth century. The prison, which sits high above the harbour on the Isle of Portland off the Dorset coast, is a Cat C Training Prison for adult males. The population consists of life sentence prisoners and determinate sentenced prisoners, many serving four years or over. About sixty per cent of the prisoners are foreign nationals; over fifty different nationalities represented.

Usk has a long and varied history as a penal establishment, opening in 1844 as a House of Correction. In 1870 after the addition of other buildings, it became the County Gaol for Monmouthshire. It remained in that role until 1922 when it closed, reopening in 1939 as a Closed Borstal and continued in that role until 1964 when it became a Detention Centre. In 1983 Usk became a Youth Custody Centre and from 1988 to 1990 a YOI. In may 1990 it became an Adult Cat C establishment for Vulnerable Prisoners and continues in that role today.

HMP Wakefield is a high-security prison for men typically in security categories A and B.HMP Wakefield was originally built as a house of correction in 1594. The current prison was designated a �dispersal' prison in 1966 (the longest of the remaining original group). It is now a main lifer centre with the focus on serious sex offenders. The average prison roll is approximately 740 including approximately 100 Category A and 10 High Risk Category A prisoners.

Wandsworth is the largest prison in the UK, currently able to hold 1665 prisoners. Alongside Liverpool, which is of similar size, it is one of the largest prisons in Western Europe.The prison was built in 1851, and the residential areas remain in the original buildings. Since 1989, there has been extensive refurbishment and modernisation of the wings, including in-cell sanitation, privacy screens for cells occupied by more than one prisoner and the more recent installation of in-cell electricity.

Wayland is a Category C adult male training prison. It opened in 1985 with the site buildings being added to, on four occasions. It now comprises thirteen residential units.

On 1 April 1995, HM Prisons Thorp Arch and Rudgate amalgamated to form HMP Wealstun. This was an historic development for the Prison Service, and had the effect of creating a Category C (closed) side and Category D (open) side within one establishment.

Wellingborough opened as a Borstal in 1963 and held Young Offenders until 1990 when it became a Training Prison for Category C adult men.HMP Wellingborough is a dynamic prison that has a clear focus on reducing re-offending. We offer a wide range of activities that help prisoners to lead law-abiding lives on release, resulting in safer communities.

Whatton is a category C prison which holds adult male sex offenders. It opened as a detention centre and since May 1990 it has held sex offenders who participate in the Sex Offenders Treatment Programme.

Whitemoor is a maximum security prison for men in Category A and B. It is one of eight High Security prisons. The prison focuses on settlement (helping those convicted of serious offences to make positive use of long sentences) and resettlement (reducing the risk of reoffending through assessment, work, education and offending behaviour programmes).The prison includes a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder Unit. The Fens Unit is part of the national DSPD Programme of the Health Partnerships Directorate, providing thorough assessment and a fully worked out treatment model.

A Victorian Radial local with 5 spokes off the central hub. 4 of these are for accommodation and 1 for admin, The prison is currently undergoing major refurbishment with a build programme lasting 5 years. Work already completed includes safer custody changes to health care first night and detox, a new electrical system, renewal of the fire and general alarms, a new visits complex and pedestrian access at the main gate. The rebuild of C wing, that was suffering from age decay, is well underway. The sacrifice of prison places in the short term should result in the provision of a modern facility enabling in Winchester to provide a better standard of care for offenders.

HMP Wolds opened in April 1992 as a remand prison and in 1993 was re-roled to a local category B prison holding sentenced prisoners. Wolds Prison is now for Mid term Category C prisoners (including second stage lifers).

Opened July 1992, with a new unit added in April 1996. Woodhill is a category A prison and in 1998 one wing was re-designated as a close supervision centre, which holds a small number of prisoners who are among the most difficult and disruptive in the prison system.

The prison was built between 1875 and 1891. In 1902 the last female prisoner was transferred to HMP Holloway. In 1922 one wing became a borstal. During World War II the prison was used by the War Department. In 1994 a new hospital wing was completed and in 1996 2 of 4 wings were refurbished to modern standards, and a fifth wing completed.

Wymott is a, male category C trainer prison which has facilities for vulnerable prisoners. It opened in 1979 as short term category C prison.

HMP&YOI Reading is a small prison of Victorian design. It was built in 1844 on the site of a former small jail. In 1973 Reading was designated as a local prison and in 1992 was re-roled as a Remand Centre and Young Offenders Institution, holding prisoners between the ages of 18 and 21 years.

The prison was opened as a county gaol in 1847 and served as such until 1890 when it became a women's prison. Two new wings were added in 1902 serving initially as an Inebriates Centre and in the 1930s as a girls' borstal. In 1959, the prison was converted to house adult male prisoners and in 1961, it changed again to house young male offenders aged between 17 and 21.

A modern establishment designed and constructed in a single phase on a green field site acquired from the Ministry of Defence. The site already accommodated HMP Featherstone and opened in November 1991. In 2002 two additional education blocks were built.In 2008 an additional residential unit and activity centre were built which has increased the population and the range and quantity of vocational training available. This has resulted in a reduction of young people places and increase in sentenced young adult places.

Chelmsford is a category B local and Young Offender Institution (YOI). Built from 1830 onwards as the county jail, it has been used as a long term category B (prior to the introduction of the dispersal system), a young person's prison and a local prison since 1987. Two new DOWII houseblocks were opened in 1996 to relieve overcrowding.

Deerbolt is a purpose built Young Offenders Institution, which opened in 1973 built on a former Army Camp. It is situated on the outskirts of Barnard Castle in County Durham. In recognition of Deerbolt's historical links with the Army staff and prisoners renovated an ex-Army Personnel carrier and placed it as a �site guard' outside the main gate as part of the Millennium celebrations.

Opened in June 1994. Operated in the private sector by Serco.

First opened as a borstal in 1946. The prison is a pleasant mansion house overlooking the Weald of Kent. It holds both adult and young offender women in open conditions preparing them for resettlement in the community. Amalgamated with Blantyre House in 2007

Eastwood Park is a female closed local prison. Opened after refurbishment on 1 March 1996 when staff and prisoners were brought from Pucklechurch.It was previously a male juvenile Detention Centre then a Young Offenders Institution.

HMP Exeter was built circa 1850. It currently has 4 Residential wings with a type 3 Healthcare facility in support of prisons within the Devon Cluster Area.

The original Feltham was built in 1854 as an Industrial School and was taken over in 1910 by the Prison Commissioners as their second Borstal institution. The existing building opened as a Remand Centre in March 1988.The current HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Feltham was formed by the amalgamation of Ashford Remand Centre and Feltham Borstal in 1990/91.

Built on the former Agecroft Power Station at Manchester, HM Prison Forest Bank is an 1064 place B Male Local Prison serving the courts of the North-West, accepting remand and sentenced adults and remand young offenders. The prison does not take Category A prisoners, nor females, though it does take Adults from the Wigan, Leigh and Bolton Courts. The prison, which is contracted out to Sodexo Justice Services, sits in the middle of a �2.7 million country park with lake and meadows built by the prison.

A category B adult local prison and young offender remand centre, originally built in 1782 and substantially rebuilt in 1840. The original single large wing still holds those remanded or recently convicted. A wing for young offenders was added in 1971 and gate, administration, visits and stores block built in 1987.

Opened in 1960 as a borstal, Guys Marsh became a Young Offender's Institution (YOI) in 1984. After completion of perimeter fencing in 1992 it became a closed establishment and started to accommodate adults. It is now a category C prison. Guys Marsh has constantly changed and grown from a YOI holding 300 and within 18 months it has become a prison holding up to 578.There are currently 8 living units: 6 units holding 498 prisoners, 1 unit holding 40 enhanced prisoners and 1 unit in a less secure setting holding 40 enhanced prisoners.

Accommodation (Young Offenders): One unit housing 40 young offenders in single cellular accommodation. This unit is drug free and subject to VDT or compliance testing. (There are also four adult Category D Units). Adults: Four units housing 220 Cat D's, all in single cellular accommodation. (There is one YOI unit).

HMP and YOI Hindley opened in 1961 becoming a youth custody centre in 1983. In April 2009 Hindley became a dedicated centre for offenders under the age of 18. Hindley is now the largest under 18 establishment in the country.

Originally constructed by the City of London and opened in 1852 as a mixed prison, became all female circa 1902. Completely rebuilt between 1971-1985 on the same site.

HMP Huntercombe opened as a prison in 1946, the site was originally built as an internment camp during the last war, when for a short period it held Rudolf Hess, on his way south after he famously parachuted into Scotland.Extensive redevelopment has taken place over the last twenty years and there is little left of the wartime buildings.From April 2000 until August 2010 the establishment held only held male prisoners aged 15-18 years as part of the Prison Service's under 18 estate, before being rerolled as a Category C adult prison.

Opened in March 1993 as a Remand Centre/Young Offender Institution. The establishment's capacity was increased when a new residential unit was opened in June 1996. In May 2001 Buttermere and Windermere Units were re-roled to dedicated Juvenile Units (Under 18's). The establishment was re-roled during 2008/09 and is now the sole dedicated Young Offender Institution for the North West.

A Victorian built prison built in 1853 receiving remand and convicted prisoners, mainly from East and West Sussex Courts.

Low Newton is situated approximately 4 miles north east of Durham, and was purpose-built as a Remand Centre in 1965 with accommodation for 65 males and 11 females. Additional accommodation was provided in 1975 and the Centre then had a CNA of 215, though was normally overcrowded. Low Newton accommodated both male and female young persons and adult women until September 1998, when a re-role refurbishment programme commenced. It is now an all female prison. Low Newton serves the courts in the catchment area from the Scottish Borders to North Yorkshire across to North Cumbria. All remand females aged 18 and over are held and all sentenced female prisoners 18 or over can serve out their sentence, including lifers.

All sentences, up to & inc Lifers. No juveniles. No Rule 46. No further Charges �E' list � on approval only. No outstanding Hosp. Appts within next 3 months. No medicals without prior agreement of HCC Sec 53/2 by approval with: a) sending establishment, and b) Sec 53/2 Section. If subject to Parole not within 9 mths of PED. At least 6 months left to serve. No deports. No SOTP.

New Hall is a closed female local prison which holds, adult female prisoners of all categories, Young Offenders and Juveniles on Detention and Training Orders. New Hall was originally used as a satellite prison for Wakefield for men near the end of their sentence.

The former county gaol for the North Riding of Yorkshire, the establishment dates from 1783. It has had a number of changes of role over the years, including use as a military prison, a training prison for adults and a remand centre.In September 2010 the establishment expanded its population base and changed role from a YOI to HMP/YOI holding both Young Offenders and Adults from the North Yorkshire Area.

HMP Norwich predominantly serves the Courts of Norfolk and Suffolk. The prison has occupied its current site overlooking the city of Norwich since 1887.

HMP & YOI Parc is a Category B local prison housing approximately 1200 male adults (convicted only), young offenders (convicted and remand) and young people (convicted and remand).The prison opened in November 1997 and is the only private prison in Wales. It is managed by G4S on behalf of the Prison Service.

Portland opened in 1848 and held convict adults until 1921, when it was converted into a Borstal. It has been a Young Offender Institution since 1988, and today holds young men aged 18 to 21.

The main prison buildings were built as an orphanage in the 1890s which closed in 1956. The site opened as a women's prison in 1962 when female prisoners from Strangeways were transferred in. From 1983 Young Offenders were admitted and in 1999 a wing was added to accommodate unsentenced female prisoners following the closure of Risley's remand centre, increasing the prison size by 60%.

HMP and YOI Swinfen Hall now has an operational capacity of 624, and holds male long term young adults serving 4 years and up to life. A major building project began in spring 2004 following significant investment in the prison, to expand and develop existing accommodation and facilities for prisoners.

Thorn Cross is a purpose built open young offender institution opened in 1985 on the site of a former Royal Naval Air Station which was initially used as an open adult establishment.

Warren Hill opened in 1982 to accommodate Cat C Young Offenders in a closed environment. It was part of Hollesley Bay Colony, the other part of the prison being an open Youth Custody Centre/Detention Centre. When the CJ Act of 1991 came into force the population of open Young Offenders dwindled, and in 1992 the open establishment was adapted to accommodate adult category Ds � initially as a minority but the adult population was the majority within the open prison, with Young Offenders occupying one unit.

The institution started life in 1895 as an industrial school and was subsequently purchased by the Prison Commissioners in 1955. Two years later it opened as a Senior Detention Centre.Following implementation of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 it converted to a Youth Custody Centre in 1985 and in 1988 it became a Juvenile Centre.

A former Naval Base, HMYOI Wetherby was introduced into the Prison System in 1958 as a Borstal. Since that time there have been many changes in its role from an open Youth Custody Centre, to a closed Youth Custody Centre, to its current role as a dedicated Male Juvenile Centre housing 360 trainees aged between 15 & 17 years.

HMP & YOI Isis is sited within the perimeter wall of HMP Belmarsh. There are two house blocks (Thames and Meridian), both of a similar size. They are purpose built to Category B standard with a mixture of single and double cells. The accommodation was completed in April 2010. The establishment also has an entry building, central activities centre, including the Learning Academy, segregation unit and PE Academy. Please be advised that HMP & YOI Isis does not have in-patient healthcare facilities.

HMYOI Stoke Heath was built in 1964 as a category C adult prison. It converted to a borstal 2 years later and has been used to hold young offenders ever since.

Glen Parva was constructed in the early 1970s as a borstal and has always held young offenders. Since its opening in 1974 the establishment has seen considerable expansion and change and now serves a catchment area of over 100 courts, holding a mixture of sentenced, unsentenced, and remand prisoners.

Haslar holds those detained by the UK Borders Agency while their eligibility to remain in the UK is considered and whilst removal or deportation processes are carried out. Haslar became a Removal Centre in 1989 and began operating under Detention Centre rules in February 2002. The Centre is run by HM Prison Service for the UK Borders Agency.