List of prisons in the United Kingdom

For more details on prisons in other countries, see list of prisons.

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

Main article: British prison security categories

England and Wales

Public Sector prisons in England and Wales are managed by Her Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS), which is also a part of the National Offender Management Service for Her Majesty's Government and the United Kingdom as a whole. 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. All prisons in England and Wales, whether publicly or privately run, are inspected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons.

There are also "Immigration Removal Centres" run by the UK Border Agency.

The following table lists all prisons and Young Offenders 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. All Adult offenders are persons aged 21 or over. All Young Offenders are persons aged between 18-20. All Youth/Juvenile Offenders are persons aged between 10-17. Although some offenders aged between 15-17 are placed in Young Offenders Institutions in certain cases, due to capacity, risk and other factors.

As of late 2015, 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. The total UK prisoner population is well expected to hit 90,000 by 2020.

Name	Location	County	Operator	Capacity	Notes	Category
Altcourse	Liverpool	Merseyside	G4S	1324	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B
Ashfield	Pucklechurch	Gloucestershire	Serco	400	Adult Sex Offenders	C
Askham Grange	Askham Richard	North Yorkshire		128	Female Adults and Young Offenders	D
Aylesbury	Aylesbury	Buckinghamshire		443	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Bedford	Bedford	Bedfordshire		506		B
Belmarsh	Thamesmead	London		910		A
Birmingham	Birmingham	West Midlands	G4S	1450	Previously known as Winson Green.	B, C
Blantyre House	Goudhurst	Kent		122		C, D
Blundeston	Blundeston	Suffolk		526		C
Brinsford	Featherstone	Staffordshire		569	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Bristol	Horfield	Bristol		614	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B
Brixton	Brixton	London		798	Training Establishment	C (Training)
Bronzefield	Ashford	Surrey	Sodexo Justice Services	569	Female Adults and Young Offenders	A
Buckley Hall	Rochdale	Greater Manchester		381		C
Bullingdon	Arncott	Oxfordshire		1114		B, C
Bure	Coltishall	Norfolk		523		C
Cardiff	Adamsdown	Cardiff		784		B
Channings Wood	Denbury	Devon		731		C
Chelmsford	Chelmsford	Essex		695	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B
Coldingley	Bisley	Surrey		513		C
Cookham Wood	Borstal	Kent		157	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Dartmoor	Princetown	Devon		646		C
Deerbolt	Startforth	County Durham		453	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Doncaster	Doncaster	South Yorkshire	Serco	1145		B
Dovegate	Uttoxeter	Staffordshire	Serco	860		B
Dover	Dover	Kent		316	Immigration Removal Centre	IRC
Downview	Banstead	Surrey		358	Female Adults and Young Offenders, (Soon to be changed to a male only prison)	C
Drake Hall	Yarnfield	Staffordshire		315	Female Adults and Young Offenders. Specializes in Foreign Nationals	C
Durham	Durham	County Durham		981		B
East Sutton Park	Sutton Valence	Kent		100	Female Adults and Young Offenders	D
Eastwood Park	Falfield	Gloucestershire		362	Female Adults	Semi-Open
Erlestoke	Erlestoke	Wiltshire		470		C
Everthorpe	Everthorpe	East Riding of Yorkshire		689		C
Exeter	Exeter	Devon		533	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B
Featherstone	Featherstone	Staffordshire		687		C
Feltham	Feltham	London		762	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Ford	Arundel	West Sussex		557		D
Forest Bank	Pendlebury	Greater Manchester	Sodexo Justice Services	1424	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B
Foston Hall	Foston, Derbyshire	Derbyshire		290	Female Adults and Young Offenders	B
Frankland	Brasside	County Durham		750		A
Full Sutton	Full Sutton	East Riding of Yorkshire		608		A
Garth	Ulnes Walton	Lancashire		847		B
Gartree	Market Harborough	Leicestershire		869		B
Glen Parva	Leicester	Leicestershire		808	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Grendon	Grendon Underwood	Buckinghamshire		235		B
Guys Marsh	Shaftesbury	Dorset		578		C
Haslar	Haslar	Hampshire		160	Immigration Removal Centre	IRC
Hatfield	Hatfield Woodhouse	South Yorkshire		260	Male Adults and Young Offenders	D
Haverigg	Haverigg	Cumbria		644		C
Hewell	Tardebigge	Worcestershire		1431		B, C, D
High Down	Banstead	Surrey		1103		B
Highpoint North	Stradishall	Suffolk		379	Previously known as Edmunds Hill.	C
Highpoint South	Stradishall	Suffolk		944		C
Hindley	Bickershaw	Greater Manchester		440	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Hollesley Bay	Woodbridge	Suffolk		330	Male Adults and Young Offenders	D
Holloway	Holloway	London		501	Female Adults and Young Offenders	B
Holme House	Stockton-on-Tees	County Durham		1211		B
Hull	Kingston upon Hull	East Riding of Yorkshire		1044		B
Huntercombe	Nuffield	Oxfordshire		365	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Isis	Thamesmead	London		622	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Isle of Wight (Albany)	Newport	Isle of Wight		567		B
Isle of Wight (Parkhurst)	Newport	Isle of Wight		536		B
Kennet	Maghull	Merseyside		342		C
Kirkham	Kirkham	Lancashire		590		D
Kirklevington Grange	Kirklevington	North Yorkshire		283		C, D
Lancaster Farms	Lancaster	Lancashire		537	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Leeds	Leeds	West Yorkshire		1004		B
Leicester	Leicester	Leicestershire		392		B
Lewes	Lewes	East Sussex		723	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B
Leyhill	Tortworth	Gloucestershire		532		D
Lincoln	Lincoln	Lincolnshire		738		B
Lindholme	Hatfield Woodhouse	South Yorkshire		990	Part of site used as Immigration Removal Centre	C, D
Littlehey	Perry	Cambridgeshire		726	Extension holding 480 Male Young Offenders to open January 2010	C
Liverpool	Liverpool	Merseyside		1184		B, C
Long Lartin	South Littleton	Worcestershire		622		A
Low Newton	Brasside	County Durham		336	Female Adults and Young Offenders	C
Lowdham Grange	Lowdham	Nottinghamshire	Serco	690		B
Maidstone	Maidstone	Kent		600		C
Manchester	Manchester	Greater Manchester		1269	Previously known as Strangeways	A
Moorland	Hatfield Woodhouse	South Yorkshire		791	Male Adults and Young Offenders	C
Morton Hall	Morton Hall	Lincolnshire		392	Immigration Removal Centre	IRC
New Hall	Flockton	West Yorkshire		446	Female Adults and Young Offenders	C
Northumberland	Acklington	Northumberland	Sodexo Justice Services	1348	Created by merging HMP Acklington and HMP Castington	C
North Sea Camp	Freiston	Lincolnshire		306		D
Northallerton	Northallerton	North Yorkshire		252	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Norwich	Norwich	Norfolk		767	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B, C
Nottingham	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire		549		B
Onley	Barby	Northamptonshire		710		C
Oakwood	Featherstone	Staffordshire	G4S	1605		C
Parc	Bridgend	Mid Glamorgan	G4S	1200	Male Adults and Young Offenders. Opened in 1997.	B
Pentonville	Barnsbury	London		1250		B, C
Peterborough	Peterborough	Cambridgeshire	Sodexo Justice Services	840	Male Adults (480) and Female Adults (360)	B
Portland	Easton	Dorset		624	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Prescoed	Usk	Monmouthshire		178	Young Offenders; Satellite of Usk	D
Preston	Preston	Lancashire		750		B
Ranby	Ranby	Nottinghamshire		1098		C
Risley	Warrington	Cheshire		1085		C
Rochester	Rochester	Kent		620	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Rye Hill	Barby	Northamptonshire	G4S	664		B
Send	Send	Surrey		282	Female Adults	C
Sheppey Cluster (Elmley)	Eastchurch	Kent		985	Male Adults and Young Offenders	B, C
Sheppey Cluster (Standford Hill)	Eastchurch	Kent		462		D
Sheppey Cluster (Swaleside)	Eastchurch	Kent		1132		B
Spring Hill	Grendon Underwood	Buckinghamshire		334		D
Stafford	Stafford	Staffordshire		741		C
Stocken	Stretton	Rutland		806		C
Stoke Heath	Stoke Heath	Shropshire		632	Young Offenders	C
Styal	Styal	Cheshire		459	Female Adults and Young Offenders	C
Sudbury	Sudbury	Derbyshire		581		D
Swansea	Sandfields	Swansea		422		B, C
Swinfen Hall	Swinfen	Staffordshire		624	Male Adults and Young Offenders	C
Thameside	Thamesmead	London	Serco	900		B
The Mount	Bovingdon	Hertfordshire		720	Young Offenders	C
The Verne	Tophill	Dorset		595	Immegration Removal Centre	IRC
Thorn Cross	Appleton Thorn	Cheshire		321	Young Offenders	D
Usk	Usk	Monmouthshire		250		C
Wakefield	Wakefield	West Yorkshire		751		A)
Wandsworth	Wandsworth	London		1665		B
Warren Hill	Woodbridge	Suffolk		222	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Wayland	Griston	Norfolk		1017		C
Wealstun	Thorp Arch	West Yorkshire		527		C
Werrington	Werrington	Staffordshire		162	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Wetherby	Wetherby	West Yorkshire		360	Young Offenders	HMYOI
Whatton	Whatton	Nottinghamshire		841		C
Whitemoor	March	Cambridgeshire		448		A
Winchester	Winchester	Hampshire		544		B
Wolds	Everthorpe	East Riding of Yorkshire		395		C
Woodhill	Milton Keynes	Buckinghamshire		819		A
Wormwood Scrubs	Wormwood Scrubs	London		1277		B
Wymott	Ulnes Walton	Lancashire		1144		C

Former Prisons

Name	Location	County	Notes
Abingdon	Abingdon	Oxfordshire	Built 1812 as the county gaol for Berkshire, closed 1874, redeveloped in the 1960s.
Ashwell	Ashwell	Rutland	Closed March 2011, awaiting re-development
Beaumaris	Beaumaris	Anglesey	Historic, now a museum
Belle Vue	Manchester	Greater Manchester	Historic
Bodmin	Bodmin	Cornwall	Historic
Bullwood Hall	Hockley	Essex	Closed 2013
Camp Hill Prison	Newport	Isle of Wight	Closed 2013
Canterbury Prison	Canterbury	Kent	Closed 2013
Eden Camp	Malton	North Yorkshire	World War II prisoner of war camp
Finnamore Wood	Marlow	Buckinghamshire	Closed 1996, awaiting redevelopment
Fleet	Holborn	London	Historic
Galleries of Justice	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	Historic
Gatehouse	Westminster	London	Historic
Gloucester	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	Closed 2013
Hexham	Hexham	Northumberland	Historic
Kingston	Portsmouth	Hampshire	Closed 2013
Lancaster Castle	Lancaster	Lancashire	Historic, still used as a crown court
Latchmere House	Richmond upon Thames	London	Closed September 2011, awaiting re-development
Launceston Castle	Launceston	Cornwall	Historic
Lincoln Castle	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	Historic - prison block built 1787, housed prisoners until 1878, now houses the Lincolnshire Archives
Marshalsea	Southwark	London	Historic
Millbank	Westminster	London	Historic
Newgate	City of London	London	Historic
Norman Cross	Peterborough	Cambridgeshire	Historic
Prince Rupert's Tower	Liverpool	Merseyside	Historic
Reading	Reading	Berkshire	A prison dating from 1844 housing up to 320 men. Closed in 2013.
Ruthin Gaol	Ruthin	Denbighshire	Historic, Now owned by county council and used as records office, some areas open as tourist attraction
Oxford	Oxford	Oxfordshire	Closed 1996, redeveloped as a shopping and heritage complex
Shepton Mallet	Shepton Mallet	Somerset	Closed 2013
Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	Closed 2013
Tothill Fields Bridewell	Westminster	London	Historic
Tower of London	Whitechapel	London	Historic
Wallingford	Wallingford	Oxfordshire	Historic
Weare	Portland	Dorset	Prison Ship - closed 2005
Wellingborough	Wellingborough	Northamptonshire	Closed 2012
Wood Street Counter	Wood Street	London	Historic

Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Prison Service)

The following table lists the three active prisons in Northern Ireland. All three are operated by Northern Ireland Prison Service. There is also a Juvenile Justice Centre, located in Bangor, County Down. This is operated by the Youth Justice Agency. It is also used as a prison officer training centre.

Name	Location	County	Capacity	Gender	Juvenile (10–18)	Young Offender (18–21)	Adult	Adult Security Category
MaghaberryHMP Maghaberry	Lisburn	County Antrim	745	Male	N	N	Y	High
MagilliganHMP Magilligan	Limavady	County Londonderry	452	Male	N	N	Y	Low
Hydebank WoodHydebank Wood (HM Prison)	Belfast	County Down	306	Male/Female	N	Y	Y	Medium
WoodlandsWoodlands JJC	Bangor	County Down	48	Male/Female	Y	N	N

Former prison

• Maze, County Antrim (also called Long Kesh – closed 29 September 2000)

Scotland (Scottish Prison Service)

• Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
• Addiewell, Addiewell, West Lothian {private - Sodexo Justice Services}
• Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow
• Castle Huntly, Longforgan, Perth and Kinross
• Cornton Vale, Stirling
• Dumfries, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
• Edinburgh, Edinburgh
• Glenochil, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire
• Greenock, Greenock, Inverclyde
• Inverness, Inverness, Highland
• Kilmarnock, Hurlford, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire (private – Serco)
• Low Moss, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire
• Noranside, Forfar, Angus (closed October 2011)
• Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross
• Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
• Polmont, Falkirk (Young Offenders Institute)
• Shotts, Shotts, North Lanarkshire

See also

• United Kingdom prison population

External links

• Find a prison - England and Wales
• Scottish Prison Service
• Northern Ireland Prison Service