United Kingdom · East Midlands · Nottingham
HMP Nottingham
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How to send mail, money, and visit HMP Nottingham
Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
UK Local prison operated by HM Prison & Probation Service. Listed in the GOV.UK Find a prison directory.
Background
HM Prison Nottingham is a Category B men's prison, located in the Sherwood area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
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Capacity
1,060
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1890
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
male
Opened
1890
Region
East 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 Nottingham, HMP Nottingham Perry Road Sherwood Nottingham NG5 3AG 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
Two HMI Prisons Urgent Notifications (2018, 2020) over rising self-inflicted deaths and self-harm.
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
- 10/15
- Conditions text
- 3/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Multiple in-custody-death signals in sources
- · Severe-conditions keyword in sources
Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersHigher risk than 86% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.
Reports
- HMI Prisons Urgent Notification20 Feb 2020
Second Urgent Notification in 18 months — six self-inflicted deaths in 13 months, regime restrictions worse than at the previous UN.
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 Nottingham
- 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.