United Kingdom · Women's Prisons · York
Askham Grange Prison and Young Offender Institution
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Capacity
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
male
Opened
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Region
Women's Prisons
Security level
Minimum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
Under the National Monitoring Framework agreed with ministers, the Board is required to: satisfy itself as to the humane and just treatment of those held in custody within its prison and the range and adequacy of the programmes preparing them for release inform promptly the Secretary of State, or any official to whom authority has been delegated as it judges appropriate, any concern it has report annually to the Secretary of State on how well the prison has met the standards and requirements placed on it and what impact these have on those in its custody. To enable the Board to carry out these duties effectively, its members have right of access to every prisoner and every part of the prison and to the prison’s records. The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is an international human 2.1 HMP/YOI Askham Grange is a women’s open prison (this has minimal security and allows eligible prisoners to spend most of their day away from the prison working or in education) and young offender institution in the rural village of Askham Richard, just south of York. The overriding ethos is of resettlement and preparation of the prisoners for their return to the community. The prison has provision for up to 10 mothers with their babies in its mother and baby unit (MBU), enabling them to maintain full-time care of their child up to 18 months whilst in prison, and it is complemented by a nursery [...]
Visiting
Visits booked online via the GOV.UK Prison Visits Booking service. Photo ID required. Visit frequency varies by the inmate's IEP level.
Mailing
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Practical info
Assisted Prison Visits Unit can help with travel costs for eligible families. Email a Prisoner service is available via the official website.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 10/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
- · Multiple severe-conditions keywords in sources
Reports
- uk-imb1 Jan 2024
Under the National Monitoring Framework agreed with ministers, the Board is required to: satisfy itself as to the humane and just treatment of those held in custody within its prison and the range and adequacy of the programmes preparing them for release inform promptly the Secretary of State, or any official to whom authority has been delegated as it judges appropriate, any concern it has report annually to the Secretary of State on how well the prison has met the standards and requirements placed on it and what impact these have on those in its custody. To enable the Board to carry out these duties effectively, its members have right of access to every prisoner and every part of the prison and to the prison’s records. The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is an international human 2.1 HMP/YOI Askham Grange is a women’s open prison (this has minimal security and allows eligible prisoners to spend most of their day away from the prison working or in education) and young offender institution in the rural village of Askham Richard, just south of York. The overriding ethos is of resettlement and preparation of the prisoners for their return to the community. The prison has provision for up to 10 mothers with their babies in its mother and baby unit (MBU), enabling them to maintain full-time care of their child up to 18 months whilst in prison, and it is complemented by a nursery [...]
Data completeness
64%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GOV.UK Find a prison â collection — UK Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- MoJ Prison Estate Register — Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.