Prison

Humber Prison

Category and function

A–D category: Not yet verified.

Predominant function (2025/26): Category C Trainer/Resettlement

Ministry of Justice performance classification. This describes the stated performance year, not a current A–D category or the categories of every prisoner.

Capacity and population

Monthly snapshot: 24 August 2026

947Population
1,079Operational capacity

Operational capacity is the capacity reported for this prison in the same monthly bulletin.

Official monthly spreadsheet · Ministry of Justice publication

Address and location

HMP Humber
Sands Lane
Brough
East Yorkshire
HU15 2JZ

Approximate postcode location
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Location information checked 13 September 2026.

Independent reports

HM Inspectorate of Prisons reports

Humber inspection report 2024

2 April 2024

A category C prison in East Yorkshire, established from the merger of the former Everthorpe and Wolds prisons, Humber is a large, sprawling site with a varied mix of accommodation types, housing over 1,000 adult men. Since we last inspected, it had been designated a…

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Humber scrutiny visit 2020

8 December 2020

HMP Humber is a large category C training prison in East Yorkshire. It is an amalgamation of the formerly privately run HMP Wolds (zone 1) and the old Everthorpe prison (zone 2). At the time of our scrutiny visit, the prison held 925 adult male…

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Official prison information