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Prisons

Here you can search for prisons in England and Wales to find out how overcrowded they are.

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Howard League member Peter C. Bell has built and maintains an interactive map showing overcrowding data for all prisons in England and Wales. Each red pin on the map denotes a prison that is overcrowded. Prisons denoted by green pins are not overcrowded.

Open the map

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Use the search field below to compare population data for different prisons. Type in the name of a prison or the name of a county in the box below to start searching. You need to select a minimum of two prisons to compare.

Find a prison and compare it to others

Most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales

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