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HM Prison Wakefield

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Gallery

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  • Back Lane - Westgate - geograph.org.uk - 1400818.jpg

    Photo by Betty Longbottom via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Back Lane entrance to HMP Wakefield (30th December 2023).jpg

    Photo by Mtaylor848 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Back Lane entrance to HMP Wakefield - geograph.org.uk - 7163675.jpg

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

  • Clock Tower, Wakefield Prison - geograph.org.uk - 7686196.jpg

    Photo by N Chadwick via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • HM Prison Wakefield 1916 (1).jpg

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  • HM Prison Wakefield 1916 (2).jpg

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  • HM Prison Wakefield 1916 (3).jpg

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  • HM Prison Wakefield 1916.jpg

    Photo by Unknown authorUnknown author via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Background

His Majesty's Prison Wakefield is a Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. The prison has been nicknamed the "Monster Mansion" along with HM Prison Frankland due to the large number of high-profile, high-risk sex offenders and murderers held there.

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1594

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

His Majesty's Prison Service

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1594

Region

Wakefield

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

Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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Data completeness

28%

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