United Kingdom · East of England · March, Cambridgeshire
HMP Whitemoor
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Dispersal prison holding the highest-security Category A inmates including those convicted of terror offences. Houses one of the prison estate's separation centres.
Background
HM Prison Whitemoor is a Category A men's prison near March, Cambridgeshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
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Capacity
458
Current population
458
Occupancy
100%
Year opened
1991
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
HM Prison & Probation Service
Population held
male
Opened
1991
Region
East of England
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
HMI noted concerns about radicalisation dynamics in the high-security estate; separation centre opened 2017 as policy response.
Visiting
Pre-approved visits via Prison Visits Booking system.
Mailing
Format: Prisoner Name & Number, HMP Whitemoor, Longhill Road, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 0PR.
Practical info
Visiting families housed at on-site Family Visits Centre run by Pact.
Known issues
January 2020 attack on prison officer led to changes in separation-centre management.
Notable inmates
Various terror-related convicts (names withheld). Historically: Reggie Kray (1990s).
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 100% of design capacity
Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom
583 peersHigher risk than 75% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.
Data completeness
100%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- GOV.UK — HMP Whitemoor
- Find a prison — GOV.UK — UK Ministry of Justice / HMPPS
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons — reports — HMI Prisons (UK)
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.