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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.
26 June 2023
HMP Preston is an ageing men’s reception prison serving courts in Lancashire, that held 680 prisoners at the time of our inspection. It is not bedevilled by the same staffing pressures from which many English prisons suffer and was only 12% off its full complement…
15 September 2020
Self-harm was at a similar level to that before the restricted regime was imposed. Assessment, care in custody and teamwork (ACCT) case management for prisoners at risk of suicide or self-harm was generally reasonable, and Listeners (see Glossary of terms) were available at most times.…
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