United Kingdom · West Midlands · Birmingham
HMP Birmingham
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit HMP Birmingham
Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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UK Local prison operated by HM Prison & Probation Service. Listed in the GOV.UK Find a prison directory.
Background
HM Prison Birmingham is a Category B men's prison in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, England, operated by HM Prison and Probation Service.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,450
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1849
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
male
Opened
1849
Region
West Midlands
Security level
High
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
HMI Prisons publishes independent inspection reports on roughly a 3-5 year cycle.
Visiting
Visits booked online via the GOV.UK Prison Visits Booking service. Photo ID required. Visit frequency varies by the inmate's IEP level.
Mailing
Format: Prisoner Name & Number, HMP Birmingham, HMP Birmingham Winson Green Road Birmingham B18 4AS See map Help us to improve this page. Give us your feedback in this 2-minute survey .. Use Send Money to a Prisoner (GOV.UK) for funds — cash not accepted.
Practical info
Assisted Prison Visits Unit can help with travel costs for eligible families. Email a Prisoner service is available via the official website.
Known issues
Urgent Notification (August 2018) from HMI Prisons led to G4S losing the contract — first time a UK prison was renationalised.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 3/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · Severe-conditions keyword in sources
Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersHigher risk than 82% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.
Data completeness
94%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GOV.UK — HMP Birmingham
- GOV.UK Find a prison index
- Find a prison — GOV.UK — UK Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons — reports — HMI Prisons (UK)
- GOV.UK Find a prison — collection — UK Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.