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HM Prison Lincoln

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Gallery

From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).

  • Chapel , Lincoln Prison - geograph.org.uk - 3539884.jpg

    Photo by Len Williams via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Chapel, Lincoln Prison - geograph.org.uk - 3539881.jpg

    Photo by Len Williams via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • HMP Lincoln.jpg

    Photo by Matthew Smith via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Last of December afternoon sunshine lights up Lincoln Prison, aerial 2017 - geograph.org.uk - 5624052.jpg

    Photo by Chris via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Lincoln County Hospital and Lincoln Prison, aerial 2016 - geograph.org.uk - 5009174.jpg

    Photo by Chris via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Lincoln Prison (geograph 2783502).jpg

    Photo by Richard Croft via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Lincoln Prison - geograph.org.uk - 945145.jpg

    Photo by Ian Paterson via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Lincoln Prison and Hospital Maternity Ward - geograph.org.uk - 3253563.jpg

    Photo by Andrew Wilson via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Background

HM Prison Lincoln is a Category B men's prison, located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. A category B prison which allocates convicted prisoners within its catchment area.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1872

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

His Majesty's Prison Service

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1872

Region

Security level

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

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

24%

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