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HM Prison Stafford

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  • Captured Irish soldiers in Stafford Gaol after the failed 1916 Easter Uprising.jpg

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  • Crooked Bridge Road - geograph.org.uk - 279148.jpg

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

  • Gaol Road, Stafford - geograph.org.uk - 279161.jpg

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

  • HMP Stafford - geograph.org.uk - 279176.jpg

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

  • HMP Stafford.jpg

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

  • Stafford Prison - geograph.org.uk - 277992.jpg

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

  • Stafford-Jail-England-before-Frongach-1024x770.jpg

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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

Population 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.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Stafford. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-stafford
Chicago
"HM Prison Stafford." World Prisons. Accessed October 25, 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 = {2026-10-25}
}