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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.
The proportions in the prison population are; 17.6% are pre-trial and remand prisoners, 4.2% are females, 1.0% are under the age of 18, and 13.3% of the prisoners are foreign. The maximum number of prisoners the system can handle is 4,273; the prisons in Ireland are 87.5% full.
The United Kingdom has three distinct legal systems with a separate prison system in each: one for both England and Wales, one for Scotland, and one for Northern Ireland. As of June 2023, the United Kingdom has the highest per-capita incarceration rate in Western Europe, at 159 people per 100,000 in England and Wales; 162 people per 100,000 in ...
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 ...
Prisons in Northern Ireland (1 C, 4 P) R. Prisons in the Republic of Ireland (1 C, 16 P) This page was last edited on 25 January 2024, at 21:30 (UTC). Text is ...
His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is responsible for managing most prisons in England and Wales. Its Prison Officers, whilst acting as such, have "all the powers, authority, protection and privileges of a constable". [13] Prisons in Northern Ireland and Scotland are managed by the Northern Ireland Prison Service and Scottish Prison Service ...
Prisons in Northern Ireland (1 C, 4 P) Prisons in Scotland ... Pages in category "Prisons in the United Kingdom" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of ...
Dóchas is one of two women's prisons in Ireland, the other is located in Limerick Prison. [2] It has a staff of 88 not including teachers, chaplains, nurses, probation and welfare, doctors, psychiatrists and counsellors. [3] Dóchas [ˈd̪ˠoːxəsˠ] is Irish for hope [4] making the literal name of the prison "Centre for Hope."