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Maidstone is a prison in Maidstone, Kent, for foreign national men.
Frankland is a high-security men’s prison in Brasside, County Durham.
Wandsworth is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London.
We make sure people serve the sentences and orders handed out by courts, both in prisons and in the community.
Swinfen Hall is a closed young offender institute (YOI), category C training prison, specialising in supporting young adults (18-25).
Exeter is a men’s prison in Exeter city centre in Devon.
Hewell is a men’s prison in the village of Tardebigge, near Redditch in Worcestershire.
Durham Prison is a men’s prison in the city of Durham.
Drake Hall is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, for women aged 18 and over.
Leyhill is an open prison for men near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Isle of Wight is a high security men’s prison, set across 2 sites (Albany and Parkhurst), just outside Newport, Isle of Wight.
Spring Hill is a men’s open prison in the village of Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire. It is jointly managed with Grendon Prison, which is on the same site.
Grendon is a men’s prison in the village of Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire. It is jointly managed with Spring Hill Prison, which is on the same site.
Morton Hall is a prison in Swinderby, near Lincoln, for men aged 18 and over.
Erlestoke is a men’s prison in the village of Erlestoke, Wiltshire.
Onley Prison is a men’s prison in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Hatfield is a prison and young offender institution near Doncaster for men aged 18 and over. It is split into 2 sites, Hatfield Main and Hatfield Lakes.
Wayland is a men’s prison near Thetford, Norfolk.
Ranby is a men’s prison in Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Littlehey is a prison near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire for men convicted of a sex offence.
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