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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category C Trainer
Ministry of Justice performance classification. This describes the stated performance year, not a current A–D category or the categories of every prisoner.
Monthly snapshot: 24 August 2026
Operational capacity is the capacity reported for this prison in the same monthly bulletin.
Official monthly spreadsheet · Ministry of Justice publication
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Location information checked 13 September 2026.
18 May 2026
Aylesbury is a category C training prison, which at the time of this inspection was holding up to 370 adult men. Largely built during the 19th century, the prison was not without its challenges, but thanks to some committed leadership and staff professionalism, this inspection…
3 October 2023
inspectors spoke to were positive . 1.2 Prior to our last inspection in October 2022, Aylesbury had been rerolled as a category C training prison holding up to 402 men. At that inspection, we found that this transition had not gone well; there were chronic…
14 March 2023
We inspected Aylesbury at a time of transition. An institution dating from the mid-19th century and formerly part of the high security estate, the prison had a longstanding function to hold up to 402 long-term and high-risk young adult prisoners. On 1 October, just months…
25 February 2020
case. It was clear that the Offender Management Unit did not have the resources to absorb the extra work. These weaknesses form one of the key concerns identified by this inspection, and I trust that, unlike our main recommendation at the last inspection, it will…
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