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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.
This is a list of prisoners who have received a whole life order, formerly called a whole life tariff, through some mechanism in jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.From the introduction of the whole life order system in 1983 until an appeal by a prisoner named Anthony Anderson in 2002, a whole life order was set by government ministers.
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
A Provisional Irish Republican Army member was sentenced to death for murder before abolition was extended across the UK. European Union human-rights protocols signed in 1999 abolished the death penalty in EU nations, but the UK is no longer an EU member. [18] 1998 Mahmood Hussein Mattan, convicted and hanged 1952, conviction quashed 1998. [19]
Inmates of prisons in the United Kingdom (5 C) Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales (11 C, 320 P) Prisoners and detainees of Northern Ireland (4 C, 5 P)
Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by England and Wales" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 205 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Prisoners and detainees of the United Kingdom (20 C, 80 P) Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by the United Kingdom (4 C, 7 P) Prisons in the United Kingdom (13 C, 12 P)
A similar system operates in Scotland, whereby the trial judge fixes a "punishment part" to "satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence". The prisoner cannot be considered for parole until this punishment part is served. For example, for a murder, someone may be given a life sentence with a minimum term of 15 years.