Category and function
A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category C Trainer/Resettlement
Ministry of Justice performance classification. This describes the stated performance year, not a current A–D category or the categories of every prisoner.
Capacity and population
Monthly snapshot: 24 August 2026
758Population
776Operational capacity
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
Address and location
HMP Channings Wood
Denbury
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 6DWPrison site location
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Location information checked 13 September 2026.
Independent reports
HM Inspectorate of Prisons reports
21 October 2022
HMP Channings Wood is a category C training and resettlement prison near Newton Abbot in Devon. Just over a third of the 662 prisoners held at the time of our inspection had been convicted of an offence of a sexual nature. The clearer sense of…
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Official prison information