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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.
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.
16 June 2026
HMYOI Parc continued to deliver good outcomes for children across all four of our healthy prison tests. Leaders and staff had maintained a calm, purposeful and child-focused environment, making Parc arguably the best YOI in England and Wales. Leadership at Parc was a strength. Although…
16 February 2026
Report on an independent review of progress at HMP Parc by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (5–7 January 2026) Significant restrictions to the daily regime, mainly caused by staffing issues including poor retention, vetting delays and escorting prisoners to external hospital appointments, hampered progress in…
23 April 2025
While this report exposes a serious deterioration in standards at this large category C prison in South Wales, it also highlights some more positive, early signs of recovery under the determined leadership of the director, who was appointed in June 2024. For many years Parc…
22 January 2025
HM Inspectorate surveyed all 29 children at HMYOI Parc on 22 January 2025, and all 29 questionnaires were completed. The report presents the full responses and comparative analyses with other young offender institutions surveyed since April 2024 and with other establishments holding children. It explains…
20 January 2025
Report on an independent review of progress at HMYOI Parc by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (9-11 December 2024) Parc remained a capable and well-run YOI. Separated children were incentivised to live together as one community and some children even referred themselves for conflict resolution…
23 January 2024
HMYOI Parc is a young offender institution (YOI) for boys aged between 15 and 17, located in the much larger Parc prison near Bridgend in South Wales. Operated by the private contactor G4S, it can hold up to 46 boys on two separate units, although…
20 March 2023
Report on an independent review of progress at HMYOI Parc by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (23–31 January 2023) HMYOI Parc – inspection report (Welsh) ( PDF, 417 KB ) ( PDF, 417 KB ) A confidential survey is carried out at the start of…
11 October 2022
HMP Parc, a category C jail in South Wales, is one of the largest prisons in the estate, holding 1623 prisoners at the time of our inspection. It has for a long time had a good reputation as a safe and decent prison, and I…
20 July 2022
HMYOI Parc is a facility for up to 60 young people located within Parc prison near Bridgend in South Wales, though managed as a separate entity. Operated under contract by the private company G4S, this inspection has again shown the facility to be arguably the…
2 June 2021
HMYOI Parc is a children’s unit on the same site as, but separated from, the large category B men’s training prison of the same name situated just outside Bridgend in South Wales. At the time of this visit, it held 21 children with a capacity…
17 March 2020
We have explained our concerns and made recommendations to address them, and I shall only make specific mention of a few of them in this as they are clearly set out in the relevant sections of the report. It is important to note that 17%…
3 March 2020
needed to be understood. There was also a concern that child and adolescent mental health services were not delivering treatment and interventions in line with national standards. However, these concerns should not be allowed to overshadow the work that was delivering good outcomes for the…
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