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List of prisons in the United Kingdom is a list of all 141 current prisons as of 2024 in the United Kingdom spread across the three UK legal systems of England and Wales (122 prisons), Scotland, (15 prisons) and Northern Ireland (4 prisons). Also included are a number of historical prisons no longer in current use.
As of June 2023, the total UK prison population was 95,526: composed of 85,851 prisoners from England and Wales, 7,775 from Scotland and 1,900 from Northern Ireland. [1] At the end of the first quarter of 2024, there were 87,869 prisoners in England and Wales. [4]
United Kingdom: The World Prison Brief (WPB) site does not list an incarceration rate for the United Kingdom as a whole, that includes all its territories, and other subnational areas, etc.: England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, British Virgin Islands. They ...
Currently prisons in England (and also in Wales, but not in Scotland and Northern Ireland) are run by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Wikipedia has a list of prisons in the United Kingdom. England portal; Law portal
Pages in category "Category D prisons in England" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
There are 100 spaces left in men’s prisons in England and Wales, it is understood. The system, already in the middle of an overcrowding crisis, is normally under greater pressure after a bank ...
Berwyn (2017) a Category C men's prison, located in Wrexham is the UK's largest prison with a capacity of 2,106. Berwyn is the Prison Service's flagship prison. Usk (1844) a Category C men's prison which also includes a satellite site Prescoed (1939) a Category D men's open prison; Cardiff (1832) a Category B men's prison,
Belmarsh Prison was built on part of the East site of the former Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, and became operational on 2 April 1991.It adjoins Woolwich Crown Court. [3]In 1991, the Double A Cat prisoner armed robber Ronnie Field, an associate of London gangland boss Joey Pyle, was the first person to be held in Belmarsh's High Security Unit, shortly followed by members of the Arif firm and ...