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HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood

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For families

How to send mail, money, and visit HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood

Step-by-step guidance using the United Kingdom system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

Open toolkit

Houses Northern Ireland's female prisoners plus male young offenders (16-21).

Background

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

Facility profile

Population held

mixed

Opened

1980

Region

Northern Ireland

Security level

Medium

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 & YOI Hydebank Wood, Hospital Road, BT8 8NA. 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

Hospital Road, Belfast BT8 8NA
+44 28 9025 3666
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

0/100
Low concern0/100
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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Compared to other facilities in United Kingdom

583 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 0/100 · peers avg: 4/100 (100%)

Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in United Kingdom.

Capacity (beds)this: 290 · peers avg: 577 (50%)

Data completeness

94%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-yoi-hydebank
Chicago
"HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-yoi-hydebank.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-hmp-yoi-hydebank,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {HMP & YOI Hydebank Wood},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hmp-yoi-hydebank},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}