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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.
10 February 2025
Report on an independent review of progress at HMP Durham by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (6–8 January 2025) There had been no improvement in time out of cell since our last inspection in May 2024 and safety and health screenings for new arrivals remained…
19 August 2024
A new governor and deputy have brought some much-needed stability to this ageing, overcrowded reception prison that serves the courts across large parts of the north of England. Recent decisive action by the prison group director and the governor have led to transfers of leaders…
11 March 2022
Largely rebuilt in 1881, HMP Durham is a men’s category B reception prison that accepts prisoners from across the north of England. At the time of our inspection there were 959 prisoners, of whom 606 were on remand. More than a third of the prison’s…
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