Liverpool inspection report 2020
Report for Liverpool Prison
Summary
HMP Liverpool is a category B local prison that serves the Merseyside area. For historical reasons it is known locally and indeed beyond as Walton prison, and it is situated just to the north of the city centre. The prison has a very strong local identity, and newly arrived prisoners are greeted by large murals depicting scenes of the city and its surroundings. It is, in every sense of the word, a local prison. It was last inspected in September 2017, at which time it held around 1,150 prisoners. That inspection found that conditions had deteriorated from a previous poor inspection in 2015.