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Prisons · Kent

Cookham Wood

Overcrowding

149%
Average: 108%
  • Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA): 47

  • Population: 70

Cookham Wood is a male prison near Rochester in Kent. It previously held boys between the ages of 15 and 18 and, before then, women and girls.

Read Cookham Wood’s latest inspection report here.

About this information

Certified Normal Accommodation (CNA) is the prison service’s own measure of how many prisoners can be held in decent and safe accommodation. Any occupancy above CNA means that the prison in question is overcrowded.

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