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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Female
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.
18 May 2026
inspectors were concerned by the oversight of women with long-term conditions and by the huge delays in getting very unwell women transferred to secure hospital for treatment for serious mental health difficulties. This was a positive inspection of a jail that had improved since our…
27 October 2021
Downview is a closed training prison in south London that held 210 women at the time of our inspection, nearly three-quarters of whom were serving sentences of over four years and 40% were assessed as presenting a high risk of harm to others. The site…
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