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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Official guide description: Open prison
Official guide · Checked 13 September 2026. This wording does not establish an A–D category.
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.
8 January 2024
East Sutton Park is an open prison near Maidstone in Kent, holding just under 100 women. Set in a rural location, the main building is a former manor house, where women live in dormitories, although during our inspection some of these were closed due to…
27 May 2021
national lockdown, recovery plans (see Appendix III: Glossary of terms) were comparatively well advanced. Social visits, education classes and day release for resettlement purposes and to see family members had now re-started. In summary, the prison had continued to be a safe and purposeful place…
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