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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.
9 March 2026
HMP Exeter remained a prison facing deep rooted and longstanding challenges, but one where determined leadership and a more stable staff group was beginning to make a real difference. When we last inspected in 2022, the prison was in serious difficulty, culminating in an Urgent…
3 January 2024
Report on an independent review of progress at HMP Exeter by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (13–15 November 2023) Exeter, a men’s reception prison with a small resettlement function, had received Urgent Notifications from the previous two full inspections which had raised serious concerns about…
16 February 2023
Exeter is a men’s reception prison with a small resettlement function that held 388 prisoners at the time of our inspection. It has had a troubled recent history and in 2018 was subjected to an urgent notification because of its inability to keep the prisoners…
18 November 2022
Urgent Notification letter, issued on 18 November 2022 Inspection debriefing paper HMP Exeter inspection debriefing paper ( PDF, 228 KB ) ( PDF, 228 KB ) Action plan The Secretary of State’s response and action plan (16 December 2022). Secretary of State’s response for Exeter…
27 April 2021
HMP Exeter is a category B local and resettlement prison which holds prisoners remanded or sentenced by the courts in south west England and those resettling in the region. At the time of this visit, about 430 prisoners were held in the prison. The last…
30 May 2018
oversight or intervention in this key aspect of prisoner safety. The situation was exacerbated by the poor condition of many cells, some of which were not fit to hold prisoners. Following the 2016 inspection we made 14 recommendations. Neither of the main recommendations had been…
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