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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.
29 June 2026
we found at our last inspection At our previous inspections of HMP Liverpool in 2022 and 2025, we made the following judgements . Figure 1: HMP Liverpool healthy prison outcomes in 2022 and 2025 Note: rehabilitation and release planning became ‘preparation for release’ in October…
10 November 2025
Since our 2022 inspection, Liverpool had been recategorised back to being a reception prison. This disruption had been impressively managed with good commitment from the experienced staff team. The change in population to a more unstable group of prisoners with a higher proportion on remand…
15 November 2022
Built in the mid-19th century, HMP Liverpool, a reception and resettlement prison, holds just over 800 adult men. At the time of our inspection the jail was in a process of transition with the intention that its traditional frontline reception responsibilities will end, and it…
14 January 2020
HMP Liverpool is a category B local prison that serves the Merseyside area. For historical reasons it is known locally and indeed beyond as Walton prison, and it is situated just to the north of the city centre. The prison has a very strong local…
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