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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.
17 November 2025
HMP Leicester, a small reception prison built in the 19th century and located in the heart of the city, held just 328 adult men at the time of inspection. While the prison continued to deliver reasonably good outcomes in our healthy prison tests for respect…
30 May 2023
Dating from the 19th century, and located in the city centre, HMP Leicester is a small reception prison, the main purpose of which is to serve the courts of Leicester and elsewhere in the East Midlands. Holding up to 348 adult men, almost all on…
27 January 2021
Most interactions between staff and prisoners were positive, but formal, structured key worker sessions remained suspended. Prisoners who were identified as vulnerable received a daily welfare check, though these were too superficial to identify emerging issues. Senior managers were often visible during the day, but…
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