Last inspectedNovember 2025Full inspection, unannounced
Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published 23 February 2026; visiting details from GOV.UK · last checked 29 October 2026
Latest inspection
At its last full inspection (November 2025; report published February 2026), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were not sufficiently good for safety and purposeful activity; reasonably good for respect and preparation for release. It held 505 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 513.
Healthy prison tests: inspectors grade four areas from 1 (poor) to 4 (good).
Inspection history
Safety: not sufficiently good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Preparation for release: reasonably good Read our story
Safety: reasonably good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Rehabilitation and release planning: reasonably good Read our story
Drug testing rates at the Surrey training prison were among the highest in the country, inspectors found, though relationships, respect and release planning remained reasonably good.
The inspectorate's report on the Surrey training prison, published in April 2022, found long unlock times and strong relationships, but weak education and drugs too easy to obtain.
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