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    • Official Statistics

  2. HMPPS Mental Health Casework Section contact list

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What we do

We carry out sentences given by the courts, in custody and the community, and rehabilitate people in our care through education and employment.

HMPPS is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, supported by 1 public body.

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Our announcements

  1. Prevention and repair essential in domestic abuse cases

    • Press release

  2. Prisons Minister visits new graduate recruits as prison officer recruitment reaches record high

    • News story

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Our publications

  1. Prisons and their resettlement providers

    • Transparency data

  2. Joint national protocol for transitions in England

    • Guidance

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Our statistics

  1. Prison population figures: 2018

    • Official Statistics

  2. Prison population figures: 2017

    • Official Statistics

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Our management

Contact HMPPS

Office address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9EX

Public enquiry lines are open Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00.

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