United Kingdom · Scotland · Stirling
HMP Cornton Vale
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit HMP Cornton Vale
Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Scotland's national women's prison. Replaced by HMP & YOI Stirling on a new campus (opened 2023); Cornton Vale being decommissioned.
Capacity
80
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1975
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Scottish Prison ServicePopulation held
female
Opened
1975
Region
Scotland
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
HMI Prisons publishes independent inspection reports on roughly a 3-5 year cycle.
Visiting
Booked online via the GOV.UK Prison Visits Booking system. Photo ID required. Visit frequency depends on the inmate's Incentives & Earned Privileges (IEP) level.
Mailing
Format: Prisoner Name & Number, HMP Cornton Vale, Cornton Road, FK9 5NU. Cash not accepted — use Send Money to a Prisoner (GOV.UK).
Practical info
Assisted Prison Visits Unit helps low-income families with travel costs. Pact runs many of the on-site visitor centres.
Known issues
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 584 scored United Kingdom facilities is 4 — 4 points below national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersHigher risk than 0% 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 â HMP Cornton Vale
- HMI Prisons inspection reports
- Find a prison â GOV.UK — UK Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons â reports — HMI Prisons (UK)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). HMP Cornton Vale. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-cornton-vale
"HMP Cornton Vale." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-cornton-vale.
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