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Jo Farrar, HMPPS CEO

Press release

Chief Executive of HM Prison and Probation Service: next appointment

Dr Jo Farrar has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).

Standards Team event

News story

Standards Coaching Team making strides in 10 prisons

Prisons Minister congratulates experienced officers for their work building confidence and improving standards.

Prison wing

Official Statistics

Prison population figures: 2019

Latest prison population figures for 2019.

Latest from the HM Prison Service

  1. Prison population figures: 2019
    • Official statistics
  2. Offender rehabilitation drive boosted by new ROTL rules
    • Press release
  3. Prisons and their resettlement providers
    • Transparency

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What the HM Prison Service does

We keep those sentenced to prison in custody, helping them lead law-abiding and useful lives, both while they are in prison and after they are released.

HMPS is an executive agency, sponsored by the Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.

Read more about what we do

Services

  1. Send money to someone in prison
  2. Get help with the cost of prison visits
See all services

Guidance and regulation

  1. Multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA)
    • Statutory guidance
  2. Get help with prison visits
    • Guidance
See all guidance and regulation

News and communications

  1. Offender rehabilitation drive boosted by new ROTL rules
    • Press release
  2. Birmingham prison contract ended
    • Press release
See all news and communications

Research and statistics

  1. Prison population figures: 2019
    • Official statistics
  2. Offender management statistics quarterly: July to September 2018
    • National statistics
See all research and statistics

Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Prisons and their resettlement providers
    • Transparency
  2. HM Prison and Probation Service Organisation Chart
    • Transparency
See all transparency and freedom of information releases

Our management

Jo Farrar
Jo Farrar
Chief Executive Officer, HM Prison & Probation Service
Phil Copple
Executive Director, Prisons
Claudia Sturt
Executive Director, Security, Order and Counter Terrorism
Michelle Jarman-Howe
Executive Director Public Sector Prisons South
Digby Griffith
Executive Director, Safety & Rehabilitation
Neil Richards
Executive Director Custodial Contracts
Sarah McKnight
Deputy Director, Head of Director General’s Office
Stephen O'Connell
Deputy Director Prisons

Contact HMPS

HM Prison Service

102 Petty France


London
SW1H 9EX
United Kingdom

Email

public.enquiries@noms.gsi.gov.uk

Main switchboard

0300 047 6325

Prisoner Location Service

Prisoner Location Service
PO Box 2152
Birmingham
B15 1SD
United Kingdom

Email

prisoner.location.service@noms.gsi.gov.uk

Fax

0121 626 3474

Use the Prisoner Location Service to find people in prison when you don’t know which prison they are in. You must include:

- your name, or the organisation you represent
- your date of birth
- your address including postcode
- name of the person you want to find
- the reason you want to find them eg. you’re their solicitor, or a family member
- any other names they may have used
- their date of birth

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

  1. Working for HMPS
  2. Jobs