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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): Open
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.
20 September 2023
Leyhill is a category D open prison in rural Gloucestershire which, at the time of our inspection, was holding 437 adult male prisoners. Just under half of those held were aged over 50, and many presented a high risk of harm, often coming to the…
7 April 2021
slow to address concerns, including deteriorating staff–prisoner relationships, poor perceptions of treatment among those from a black and minority ethnic background and frustration at the lack of progression opportunities during the pandemic. The management of public protection arrangements for the release of some high-risk prisoners…
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