United Kingdom · Northern Ireland · Belfast
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Houses Northern Ireland's female prisoners plus male young offenders (16-21).
HM Prison Hydebank Wood, also known as Hydebank Wood College and Women's Prison, is a women's prison and young offender's centre located in South Belfast.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
290
Current population
—
Occupancy
—
Year opened
1980
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Operator
Northern Ireland Prison ServicePopulation held
mixed
Opened
1980
Region
Northern Ireland
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
HMI Prisons publishes independent inspection reports on roughly a 3-5 year cycle.
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.
Format: Prisoner Name & Number, HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood, Hospital Road, BT8 8NA. Cash not accepted — use Send Money to a Prisoner (GOV.UK).
Assisted Prison Visits Unit helps low-income families with travel costs. Pact runs many of the on-site visitor centres.
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
This facility scores 0. The national average across 584 scored United Kingdom facilities is 4 — 4 points below national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.
How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
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World Prisons. (2026). HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-yoi-hydebank
"HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-yoi-hydebank.
@misc{worldprisons-hmp-yoi-hydebank,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-yoi-hydebank},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}