United Kingdom · North West England · Wilmslow
HMP Styal
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Largest female prison in northern England. Includes a mother-and-baby unit.
Background
HM Prison Styal is a Closed Category prison for female adults and young offenders in Styal, Cheshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
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Capacity
460
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1962
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
female
Opened
1962
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 Styal, Styal Road, SK9 4HR. 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
Six self-inflicted deaths between 2002-2003 prompted the Corston Report on women in the criminal justice system.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 10/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · Multiple in-custody-death signals in sources
Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersHigher risk than 91% 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 Styal
- 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.