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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category C Resettlement
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.
27 July 2026
Report on unannounced inspection at HMP & YOI Brinsford 2026. HMP & YOI Brinsford Brinsford, in the West Midlands, held a complex population of just over 500 remanded and sentenced men, of whom most were under 25 and some were in prison for the first…
20 May 2024
inspectors they felt safer and middle managers said the atmosphere in the jail had improved substantially. Recorded rates of violence among prisoners remained high but were slowly falling over the last six months. Prisoner attendance at education was compromised by staff absences and course closures,…
11 September 2023
When we inspected Brinsford in August 2021 we raised concerns their cells. On this inspection we found a slightly improved picture with more prisoners in at least part-time work, but our score of ‘poor’ for purposeful activity reflects a jail that still has a long…
30 November 2021
Brinsford is a category C prison holding 466 mostly young men who are on remand or sentenced to less than four years imprisonment. The attractive gardens (largely closed to prisoners) and the large open site belied a prison that faced some serious challenges in providing…
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