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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,
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.
His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) is a part of HM Prison and Probation Service (formerly the National Offender Management Service), which is the part of His Majesty's Government charged with managing most of the prisons within England and Wales (Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own prison services: the Scottish Prison Service and the ...
HM Prison Berwyn (Welsh: Carchar Berwyn EF; Welsh:) is a £250 million [3] Category C adult male prison in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is the largest prison in the UK, opened in 2017, and is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service .
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]
Inmates at two resettlement prisons in England and Wales are locked up for more than 22 hours a day with too little to do, inspectors have found.
Prescoed at justice.gov.uk HM Prison Prescoed (Welsh: Carchar Prescoed EF ) is a Category D men's open prison , located in Coed-y-paen , three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire , Wales. Prescoed is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service , and acts as a satellite prison of the nearby HMP Usk .
Labour MP Ruth Jones, chairwoman of Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee, described the issues at HMP Parc in Bridgend as ‘very concerning’. Reopening prisons probe is top priority for Welsh ...