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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Official guide description: High security prison
Official guide · Checked 13 September 2026. This wording does not establish an A–D category.
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.
14 April 2026
When we inspected Manchester in 2024 the jail was in an appalling state. The combination of drugs, violence, an inexperienced and demotivated staff team, and a very poor regime, meant the prison was failing in many of its most basic functions. I therefore decided to…
14 January 2025
HMP Manchester is a category B training prison, with space for up to 744 longterm prisoners. In addition, it has a specialist function in that it holds small number of category A prisoners, mainly those still going through the court process, and has a close…
10 October 2024
Urgent Notification for HMP Manchester issued on 9 October 2024. HM INSPECTORATE OF PRISONS 3rd floor 10 South Colonnade Canary Wharf London E14 4PU Tel: 020 3334 0353 E-mail: [email protected] HM Chief Inspector of Prisons CHARLIE TAYLOR Date: 9 October 2024 The Rt Hon Shabana…
21 December 2021
In 2020, HMP Manchester made the transition from a local to a category B training prison, retaining a small category A function and separate close supervision centre. At the time of our visit it held 624 men, of whom a third were serving indeterminate sentences.…
2024-25 · 4 November 2025
The IMB at HMP Manchester was unable to complete an annual report for the 2024-25 reporting period. The non-submission was approved by the minister's delegate.
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