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HM Prison Stafford
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Background
HM Prison Stafford is a Category C men's prison, located in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. In 2014 it became a sex offender-only jail.
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
1793
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
His Majesty's Prison ServicePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1793
Region
Stafford
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
54 Gaol Road ST16 3AN
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
26%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5635261)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Stafford. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-stafford
Chicago
"HM Prison Stafford." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-stafford.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-stafford,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {HM Prison Stafford},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-stafford},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}