Prison
Moorland Prison Category and function A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category C Trainer/Resettlement
Ministry of Justice performance classification . This describes the stated performance year, not a current A–D category or the categories of every prisoner.
Capacity and population Monthly snapshot: 24 August 2026
1,006 Population
1,037 Operational capacity
Operational capacity is the capacity reported for this prison in the same monthly bulletin.
A more recent monthly snapshot has not been verified. These dated figures have been retained.
Official monthly spreadsheet · Ministry of Justice publication
Address and location HMP/YOI Moorland
Bawtry Road
Hatfield Woodhouse
Doncaster
South Yorkshire DN7 6BW Prison site locationView on the prisons map
Location information checked 13 September 2026.
Independent reports HM Inspectorate of Prisons reports 10 July 2023
HMP Moorland is a category C training and resettlement prison near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Built in the early 1990s, the prison was holding just over 1,000 adult men at the time of our inspection, a significant proportion of whom had been convicted of a sexual…
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Official prison information