HM Prison Reading
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit HM Prison Reading
Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Gallery
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Photo by Bill Nicholls via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by Bill Nicholls via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Photo by Bill Nicholls via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Background
HM Prison Reading, popularly known as Reading Gaol, is a former prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service (now His Majesty's Prison Service) until its closure at the start of 2014. It is a Grade II listed building and sits on the site of Reading Abbey.
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
1844
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
His Majesty's Prison Service
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1844
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.