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Background

HM Prison Lancaster was an English prison located in Lancaster Castle, Lancaster from 1955 to 2011. HM Prison Lancaster was a small category C male training prison. Judge Stephen Tumim, in his capacity as Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons conducted an unannounced short inspection, the report of which was published in 1991. Terence Bond of the Probation service based at HM Prison Lancaster received the MBE in the 2008 new Year Honours list.

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World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Lancaster. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-lancaster
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"HM Prison Lancaster." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-lancaster.
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@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-lancaster,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {HM Prison Lancaster},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-lancaster},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}