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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category C 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.
24 August 2026
HMP Risley is a category C resettlement prison in Cheshire, tasked with accommodating only men convicted of sexual offences. Despite recent changes that included a clarification of the prison’s role and purpose, but also some important senior leadership changes, we found a generally stable and…
19 February 2024
Report on an independent review of progress at HMP Risley by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (8–10 January 2024) HMP Risley is category C resettlement prison in Cheshire, holding about 1,000 male prisoners including a large proportion of men convicted of sexual offences. After a…
24 July 2023
HMP Risley is a mixed sex offender and general category C resettlement prison in Cheshire, that held 1,032 prisoners at the time of our inspection. For the last two years, the leadership had been unstable, with temporary governors being in post for most of that…
12 January 2021
2016, and had continued uninterrupted during the pandemic. The chaplaincy had also been visible and active. Health care services had improved since our inspection in 2016. The full capacity of health services in the prison was underused because of social distancing and regime restrictions, which…
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