United Kingdom · North West England · Manchester
HMP Strangeways
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For families
How to send mail, money, and visit HMP Strangeways
Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
Common name for HMP Manchester. Site of the 1990 riot that drove fundamental reform of the prison estate.
Capacity
1,238
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1868
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation ServicePopulation held
male
Opened
1868
Region
North West 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 Strangeways, 1 Southall Street, M60 9AH. 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 Strangeways
- 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 Strangeways. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-strangeways
"HMP Strangeways." World Prisons. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-strangeways.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {HMP Strangeways},
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urldate = {2026-10-25}
}