Last inspectedJanuary 2025Full inspection, unannounced
Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published 23 April 2025; visiting details from GOV.UK · last checked 29 October 2026
Latest inspection
At its last full inspection (January 2025; report published April 2025), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were poor for safety; not sufficiently good for respect, purposeful activity and preparation for release. It held 1,700 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 1,788. An independent review of progress was published in February 2026.
Safety: poor · Respect: not sufficiently good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Preparation for release: not sufficiently good Read our story
Safety: reasonably good · Respect: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: good · Rehabilitation and release planning: reasonably good Read our story
Safety: reasonably good · Respect: good · Purposeful activity: good · Rehabilitation and release planning: not sufficiently good Read our story
Figures obtained under freedom of information show the Ministry of Justice has withheld £32.5 million from private prison operators since 2012, with two G4S jails facing the heaviest deductions.
The Welsh Affairs Committee’s ‘Jagged Justice’ report says prisons and probation in Wales are under strain, and calls for clearer joint working between Westminster and the Welsh Government.
