Fosse Way inspection report 2025
Report for Fosse Way Prison
Summary
One of the UK’s newest prisons, HMP Fosse Way is built on the site of the former Glen Parva jail near Leicester. It opened in May 2023 as a category C resettlement prison and has space for more than 1,700 adult men. The prison comprises a campus of seven house blocks, with additional work which will extend it further already nearing completion. The prison is operated by the private contractor Serco. This was our first inspection of Fosse Way, and it is pleasing to report that the process of opening and commissioning the new prison seems to have gone very well. We found outcomes against three of our healthy prison tests – respect, purposeful activity, and preparation for release – to be reasonably good.