Prison Accommodation
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison spaces were available across all Category C specialist sex offender prisons as of 30 April 2025.
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin
There are 9 specialist category C prisons that hold only prisoners convicted of sexual offences. These are listed below, alongside their published operational capacity on 28 April 2025.
Prison | Operational Capacity (28 April 2025) |
Ashfield | 416 |
Bure | 643 |
Littlehey | 1241 |
Risley | 1034 |
Rye Hill | 1008 |
Stafford | 761 |
The Verne | 608 |
Usk | 276 |
Whatton | 836 |
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