Prisoners
(asked on 19th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the population was of each male prison in England and Wales on 1 October 2023.
Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA), or uncrowded capacity, is the Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners. The operational capacity of a prison is the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime. It is determined by the Prison Group Directors on the basis of operational judgement and experience.
The population, operational capacity and certified normal accommodation (CNA) level of every prison is published monthly at Prison population figures: 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The most recent version, containing information from 29 September 2023, has been replicated below.
Prison Name | Baseline CNA | In Use CNA | Operational Capacity | Population |
Altcourse | 780 | 780 | 1184 | 1153 |
Ashfield | 416 | 416 | 412 | 407 |
Askham Grange | 128 | 128 | 128 | 102 |
Aylesbury | 402 | 402 | 402 | 394 |
Bedford | 268 | 229 | 400 | 372 |
Belmarsh | 792 | 792 | 774 | 716 |
Berwyn | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 1998 |
Birmingham | 1099 | 789 | 997 | 982 |
Brinsford | 539 | 539 | 569 | 542 |
Bristol | 424 | 408 | 580 | 575 |
Brixton | 530 | 524 | 798 | 769 |
Bronzefield | 527 | 527 | 542 | 495 |
Buckley Hall | 409 | 409 | 469 | 455 |
Bullingdon | 867 | 711 | 921 | 912 |
Bure | 604 | 604 | 643 | 643 |
Cardiff | 534 | 534 | 779 | 768 |
Channings Wood | 688 | 688 | 746 | 737 |
Chelmsford | 532 | 518 | 723 | 713 |
Coldingley | 493 | 483 | 513 | 511 |
Cookham Wood | 185 | 149 | 120 | 91 |
Dartmoor | 642 | 640 | 689 | 681 |
Deerbolt | 529 | 337 | 332 | 326 |
Doncaster | 738 | 738 | 1125 | 1118 |
Dovegate | 1060 | 1060 | 1160 | 1145 |
Downview | 356 | 356 | 356 | 326 |
Drake Hall | 340 | 340 | 340 | 325 |
Durham | 600 | 573 | 985 | 980 |
East Sutton Park | 137 | 98 | 98 | 96 |
Eastwood Park | 391 | 326 | 387 | 363 |
Elmley (Sheppey) | 1007 | 1007 | 1157 | 1149 |
Erlestoke | 494 | 414 | 470 | 464 |
Exeter | 317 | 205 | 321 | 314 |
Featherstone | 671 | 671 | 687 | 671 |
Feltham | 732 | 633 | 585 | 559 |
Five Wells | 1680 | 1680 | 1560 | 1556 |
Ford | 389 | 349 | 389 | 387 |
Forest Bank | 1061 | 1061 | 1470 | 1459 |
Fosse Way | 980 | 980 | 930 | 843 |
Foston Hall | 286 | 223 | 284 | 268 |
Frankland | 879 | 875 | 836 | 823 |
Full Sutton | 660 | 631 | 594 | 585 |
Garth | 810 | 810 | 845 | 820 |
Gartree | 703 | 621 | 605 | 587 |
Grendon / Springhill | 623 | 553 | 519 | 493 |
Guys Marsh | 476 | 436 | 507 | 502 |
Hatfield | 334 | 334 | 334 | 332 |
Haverigg | 550 | 499 | 499 | 483 |
Hewell | 795 | 795 | 1094 | 1075 |
High Down | 1003 | 999 | 1180 | 1131 |
Highpoint (North and South) | 1303 | 1280 | 1310 | 1288 |
Hindley | 580 | 526 | 600 | 585 |
Hollesley Bay | 496 | 494 | 655 | 591 |
Holme House | 1036 | 985 | 1179 | 1162 |
Hull | 723 | 663 | 962 | 955 |
Humber | 965 | 861 | 1019 | 1002 |
Huntercombe | 369 | 369 | 480 | 457 |
Isis | 478 | 478 | 628 | 621 |
Isle of Wight | 1064 | 1012 | 1101 | 1094 |
Kirkham | 699 | 700 | 699 | 684 |
Kirklevington Grange | 307 | 187 | 207 | 194 |
Lancaster Farms | 495 | 495 | 560 | 538 |
Leeds | 655 | 641 | 1110 | 1109 |
Leicester | 221 | 212 | 344 | 310 |
Lewes | 617 | 614 | 624 | 608 |
Leyhill | 555 | 447 | 460 | 459 |
Lincoln | 408 | 403 | 658 | 655 |
Lindholme | 924 | 924 | 904 | 877 |
Littlehey | 1116 | 1114 | 1235 | 1229 |
Liverpool | 1224 | 890 | 870 | 860 |
Long Lartin | 613 | 532 | 607 | 580 |
Low Newton | 361 | 298 | 298 | 272 |
Lowdham Grange | 894 | 892 | 908 | 895 |
Maidstone | 565 | 560 | 613 | 607 |
Manchester | 695 | 688 | 744 | 723 |
Moorland | 977 | 977 | 1082 | 1065 |
Morton Hall | 353 | 353 | 353 | 338 |
New Hall | 341 | 341 | 381 | 364 |
North Sea Camp | 303 | 300 | 300 | 298 |
Northumberland | 1368 | 1328 | 1348 | 1343 |
Norwich | 631 | 631 | 792 | 785 |
Nottingham | 724 | 719 | 950 | 904 |
Oakwood | 1628 | 1600 | 2134 | 2114 |
Onley | 714 | 714 | 742 | 722 |
Parc | 1559 | 1559 | 1815 | 1778 |
Pentonville | 928 | 905 | 1205 | 1189 |
Peterborough (Male & Female) | 1105 | 1099 | 1328 | 1292 |
Portland | 463 | 458 | 538 | 533 |
Preston | 426 | 426 | 680 | 668 |
Ranby | 894 | 892 | 1112 | 1031 |
Risley | 1061 | 1061 | 1042 | 1013 |
Rochester | 808 | 697 | 706 | 702 |
Rye Hill | 600 | 600 | 664 | 664 |
Send | 202 | 189 | 189 | 186 |
Stafford | 753 | 753 | 753 | 743 |
Standford Hill (Sheppey) | 464 | 464 | 464 | 463 |
Stocken | 974 | 964 | 1071 | 1041 |
Stoke Heath | 662 | 662 | 782 | 770 |
Styal | 469 | 453 | 454 | 444 |
Sudbury | 610 | 560 | 621 | 609 |
Swaleside (Sheppey) | 1100 | 959 | 870 | 846 |
Swansea | 265 | 265 | 452 | 441 |
Swinfen Hall | 604 | 604 | 624 | 608 |
Thameside | 926 | 926 | 1232 | 1222 |
The Mount | 1010 | 1007 | 1048 | 1041 |
The Verne | 570 | 574 | 608 | 604 |
Thorn Cross | 430 | 430 | 429 | 424 |
Usk / Prescoed | 419 | 373 | 536 | 526 |
Wakefield | 750 | 750 | 750 | 745 |
Wandsworth | 979 | 950 | 1628 | 1613 |
Warren Hill | 269 | 267 | 267 | 264 |
Wayland | 894 | 856 | 917 | 888 |
Wealstun | 810 | 809 | 868 | 854 |
Werrington | 118 | 118 | 92 | 81 |
Wetherby | 340 | 276 | 306 | 169 |
Whatton | 774 | 766 | 855 | 851 |
Whitemoor | 461 | 462 | 436 | 401 |
Winchester | 448 | 448 | 678 | 664 |
Woodhill | 647 | 583 | 514 | 489 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 1178 | 1176 | 1280 | 1279 |
Wymott | 1192 | 1068 | 1192 | 1173 |
Total | 82024 | 78511 | 88561 | 87793 |