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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Official guide description: High security prison
Official guide · Checked 13 September 2026. This wording does not establish an A–D category.
Predominant function (2025/26): High Security
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 July 2024
Frankland prison, situated outside Durham and adjacent to Low Newton women’s prison, is one of a handful of high security establishments capable of holding dangerous men who have committed the most serious crimes. An extensive site and a complex institution, at the time of the…
5 May 2020
The prison had a good understanding of prisoner risk and need, but we identified some weaknesses in the prison’s approach to offender management and sentence planning. Staff had high caseloads and the approach to case management was too often poorly coordinated. That said, most prisoners…
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