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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.
Pages in category "Category D prisons in England" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Currently prisons in England (and also in Wales, but not in Scotland and Northern Ireland) are run by Her Majesty's Prison Service. Wikipedia has a list of prisons in the United Kingdom. England portal; Law portal
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 ...
Urgent action has been taken to secure prisons in England and Wales after it emerged that blueprints of jails had been leaked online. The Ministry of Justice said immediate steps had been put in ...
Pages in category "Category C prisons in England" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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The directors of convict prisons were abolished in 1948, and on 1 April 1963 the Prison Commission was transferred to the Home Office as its new Prison Department. The merger was made by Order in Council, the Prison Commissioners Dissolution Order 1963 (S.I. 1963/597), under powers granted by section 24 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961.