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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Reception
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.
3 August 2026
we found at our last inspection At our previous inspections of HMP Birmingham in 2023 and 2025 we made the following judgements . Figure 1: HMP Birmingham healthy prison outcomes in 2023 and 2025 In 2025, levels of violence and self-harm were too high, and…
19 January 2026
Birmingham, a busy category B reception prison, held a highly transient population of 976 men, of whom 88% were remanded or on short fixed-term recalls. At our last inspection in 2023, we found the jail had made remarkable improvements since the appalling outcomes identified in…
30 May 2023
The inspection of HMP Birmingham in the summer of 2018 led to an Urgent Notification to the Secretary of State, in which the then Chief Inspector of Prisons described: ‘a prison that was rife with drugs and violence, a staff team that had retreated to…
16 February 2021
Overall this is an encouraging report. Given Birmingham’s recent history, its continued provision of decent living conditions and a calm, well-ordered environment suggest improvements are being embedded. However, oversight of safety arrangements, practice in the reverse cohorting unit (RCU) and education provision require some immediate…
20 August 2018
those implementing the plan. It is crucial for there to be transparent, open conversations. It will undoubtedly take some time for Birmingham to make the improvements needed, and as an Inspectorate we leave the prison with a number of recommendations that set out the priorities…
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