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Wayland is a men’s prison near Thetford, Norfolk.
Woodhill is a men’s high security prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Milton Keynes.
Highpoint is a men’s prison in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Leeds is an adult male prison in the Armley area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Leyhill is an open prison for men near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.
Wealstun is a prison for adult men near Wetherby, Yorkshire.
Coldingley is a prison for adult men in Woking, Surrey.
Eastwood Park is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, for women aged 18 and over.
Frankland is a high-security men’s prison in Brasside, County Durham.
Buckley Hall is a men’s prison in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
Ford is a men’s open prison in Arundel, West Sussex.
Portland is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, for men aged 18 and over.
Brinsford is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Featherstone, near Wolverhampton, for men aged 18 to 21.
East Sutton Park is an open prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Maidstone, Kent, for women aged 18 and over.
Feltham A is a young offender institution (YOI) for boys aged 15 to 18 and Feltham B is a Category C prison and YOI in London for men aged over 18.
Drake Hall is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, for women aged 18 and over.
Long Lartin is a high security men’s prison in Evesham, Worcestershire.
Swaleside is a men’s high security prison on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It is part of the Sheppey Cluster, along with Elmley and Standford Hill.
Onley Prison is a men’s prison in Rugby, Warwickshire.
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