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HM Prison Lincoln
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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
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1872
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
His Majesty's Prison ServicePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1872
Region
Lincoln
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.
Notable inmates
Jeffrey Archer1940 · politicianJeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist and former politician.
Ãamon de Valera1882–1975 · mathematicianÃamon de Valera (14 October 1882 â 29 August 1975) was an Irish statesman.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
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Data completeness
24%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5635221)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Lincoln. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-lincoln
Chicago
"HM Prison Lincoln." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-lincoln.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-lincoln,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {HM Prison Lincoln},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-lincoln},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}