United Kingdom · South West England · Exeter
HMP Exeter
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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 Exeter is a category B local and resettlement men's prison, located in Exeter in the county of Devon, England. It holds men sentenced by the courts of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset. There are also prisoners from further afield who have been transferred from other prisons. Exeter Prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
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Capacity
530
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1853
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
male
Opened
1853
Region
South West England
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 Exeter, HMP Exeter 30 New North Road Exeter EX4 4EX 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
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
94%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GOV.UK — HMP Exeter
- 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.