HMP Stafford

At its last full inspection (December 2024; report published March 2025), inspectors found outcomes for prisoners were reasonably good for purposeful activity and preparation for release; good for safety and respect. It held 753 people at the time, against an operational capacity of 753.

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Healthy prison tests: inspectors grade four areas from 1 (poor) to 4 (good).

1. March 2025 · Full inspectionSafety: good · Respect: good · Purposeful activity: reasonably good · Preparation for release: reasonably good Read our story
2. May 2020 · Full inspectionSafety: good · Respect: good · Purposeful activity: reasonably good · Rehabilitation and release planning: reasonably good Read our story

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HMP Stafford stays a good prison, but inspectors fear officers overlook offending risk

Inspectors found Stafford calm, clean and well led, with education Ofsted rated well above the norm. Their main worry was that many officers chose not to learn what crimes the men had committed.

Prison News staff10 Mar 2025

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Stafford prison earns top grades for safety and respect, inspectors found in 2020

The inspectorate's report on HMP Stafford, published in May 2020, called it a very good inspection, but warned that safety owed much to a calm, ageing population rather than to the prison's own work.

Prison News staff12 May 2020