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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.
A more recent monthly snapshot has not been verified. These dated figures have been retained.
Official monthly spreadsheet · Ministry of Justice publication
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Location information checked 13 September 2026.
8 May 2024
Cardiff is a category B reception and resettlement prison, which at the time of our inspection, was holding 737 prisoners. It had a significant remand and unsentenced population and many prisoners were recalled, which contributed to a rapid turnover of population. Men were held in…
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