United Kingdom · West Midlands · Stafford
HMP Drake Hall
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How to send mail, money, and visit HMP Drake Hall
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Closed female prison in Stafford, West Midlands.
Background
HMP Prison Drake Hall is a women's closed prison, located near the town of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
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Capacity
340
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1962
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
female
Opened
1962
Region
West Midlands
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 Drake Hall, Eccleshall, ST21 6LQ. 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
Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersHigher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.
Data completeness
86%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GOV.UK — HMP Drake Hall
- HMI Prisons inspection reports
- Find a prison — GOV.UK — UK Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons — reports — HMI Prisons (UK)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.