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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.
8 December 2025
Managed and operated by the private company, Serco, HMP & YOI Doncaster is a busy category B reception and resettlement prison, accommodating both young adults and men. The prison continued to face significant operational challenges, including persistent overcrowding and a high turnover of prisoners, with…
16 June 2022
At its 2022 inspection HMP & YOI Doncaster held just over 1,100 men and young adults, about a third of whom were on remand. Safety outcomes improved to reasonably good and assaults fell below the average for similar prisons, although self harm remained high. Respect…
30 January 2020
appropriate professional boundaries and to assert their authority. However, reasonable access to basic kit, in-cell phones and kiosks for making applications, together with improved healthcare, acceptable food and good work to maintain contact with families, helped to mitigate what could otherwise have been very serious…
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