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Last recorded monthly snapshot: 24 August 2026
Operational capacity is the capacity reported for this prison in the same monthly bulletin.
These are historical figures and do not describe the prison's current operating position.
Official monthly spreadsheet · Ministry of Justice publication
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Location information checked 13 September 2026.
9 October 2023
Having been scheduled to close for some years, Dartmoor, one of the oldest jails in the country, received a reprieve in 2021 because of ongoing population pressures in the English prison estate. Many of the problems we highlight in this report stem from the costly…
3 November 2020
Despite the planned closure, Dartmoor continues to hold more than 600 prisoners in accommodation and facilities that need significant investment to make them fit for purpose. Staff have been working under notice of closure for seven years with a predictable impact on morale. The pandemic…
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