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HMP/YOI Feltham

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Verified 22 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Dec 2025
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How to send mail, money, and visit HMP/YOI Feltham

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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Holds male juveniles (15-17) and young adults (18-21). Two distinct wings — Feltham A (juveniles) and Feltham B (young adults).

Background

Feltham Young Offenders Institution (more commonly known as HM Prison & YOI Feltham) is a prison for adult males over 18 and juveniles between 15 and 18, occupying 0.184 square kilometres (45 acres) south-west of Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, England. It is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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Capacity

510

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1859

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

HM Prison & Probation Service

Population held

male

Opened

1859

Region

South East England

Security level

High

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/YOI Feltham, Bedfont Road, TW13 4ND. 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

HMI Prisons Urgent Notification (2019) over the use of force and conditions in Feltham A.

Contact & address

Bedfont Road, Feltham TW13 4ND

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

3/100
Low concern3/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
3/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Severe-conditions keyword in sources

Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom

583 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 3/100 · peers avg: 4/100 (24%)

Higher risk than 73% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.

Capacity (beds)this: 510 · peers avg: 637 (20%)

Data completeness

94%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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