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HM Prison Winchester
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Background
HM Prison Winchester is a Category B men's prison, located in Winchester, Hampshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
706
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1846
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
His Majesty's Prison ServicePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1846
Region
Winchester
Security level
—
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
Tommy Robinson1982 · political activistStephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (né Yaxley; born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British far-right, counter-jihad activist.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Romsey Road, Winchester SO22 5ED
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersCapacity (beds)this: 706 · peers avg: 571 (+24%)
Data completeness
36%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 (Q5635286)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HM Prison Winchester. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-winchester
Chicago
"HM Prison Winchester." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-winchester.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hm-prison-winchester,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {HM Prison Winchester},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hm-prison-winchester},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}