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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category B
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.
22 June 2026
we found at our last inspection At our previous inspections of HMP Lowdham Grange in 2023 and 2025 we made the following judgements . Figure 1: Lowdham Grange healthy prison outcomes in 2023 and 2025 At the 2025 inspection, outcomes were so bad that serious…
17 June 2025
Situated on the outskirts of Nottingham, Lowdham Grange is a category B training prison which can hold up to 888 adult men. Nearly all prisoners are serving long sentences, including life, and many present a very serious risk of harm. From 1998 until August 2023,…
20 February 2024
Inspectors returning to Lowdham Grange prison to assess progress after a worrying earlier inspection found levels of violence had increased by 55%, self-harm by 41% and drug use had also risen further. Two men had also taken their own lives, taking the total of self-inflicted…
16 August 2023
HMP Lowdham Grange, near Nottingham, is a category B training prison holding up to 800 adult men, many convicted of very serious offences. A privately-run establishment, the prison first opened in 1998 and was operated by Serco for 25 years. Following a competition and market…
5 March 2021
Prisoners’ access to the library was poor and the prison did not promote it enough as a resource, which was concerning given the need to promote in-cell activity to improve their well-being. Education staff were directly employed by Serco and had remained on site since…
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