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Background

HM Prison Usk (Welsh: Carchar Brynbuga EF) is a Category C men's prison, located in Maryport Street in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and jointly managed with the nearby HMP Prescoed.

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

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1844

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1844

Region

Usk

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

  • Fred Wes
    1941–1995 · serial killer

    Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer and child molester, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, England—the majority with his second wife, Rose West. The victims were girls and young women.

  • Dennis Nilsen
    1945–2018 · serial killer

    Dennis Andrew Nilsen (23 November 1945 – 12 May 2018) was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983.

  • Peter Manuel
    1927–1958 · serial killer

    Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel (13 March 1927 – 11 July 1958) was a Scottish serial killer known as the Beast of Birkenshaw and the Bedroom Killer who committed the murders of seven people across Lanarkshire, Scotland, between 1956 and 1958.

  • Daniel Khalife
    Daniel Khalife
    2001 · soldier

    Daniel Abed Khalife (born 27 September 2001) is a former British Army network engineer and soldier.

  • Peter Sutcliffe
    1946–2020 · truck driver

    Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.

  • Ian Watkins
    Ian Watkins
    1977–2025 · singer

    Ian David Karslake Watkins (30 July 1977 – 11 October 2025) was a Welsh singer, songwriter, and convicted child sex offender.

  • Oscar Slater
    Oscar Slater
    1872–1948

    Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 – 31 January 1948) was the victim of a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland.

  • Zoe Progl
    1928

    Zoe Progl (28 March 1928 – before 2021) was a British criminal.

  • Lorraine Thorpe
    1994

    Lorraine Thorpe (born 1994) is a British woman who is Britain's youngest female double murderer.

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Contact & address

47 Maryport Street, Usk NP15 1XP
+44 1291 671 600
[email protected]
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Usk. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-usk
Chicago
"HM Prison Usk." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-usk.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-usk,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {HM Prison Usk},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-usk},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}