HM Prison Altcourse
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit HM Prison Altcourse
Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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Background
HM Prison Altcourse is a Category B men's private prison and Young Offender Institution in the Fazakerley area of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. The prison is operated by Sodexo, which took over from G4S in 2023.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1997
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
G4S
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1997
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.