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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.
20 June 2023
HMP Swansea is a category B reception prison which for some time has been one of the most overcrowded in England and Wales. A cramped 19th century site in an inner-city location, it faces all the limitations common to such establishments. Yet despite these challenges…
6 October 2020
where it was possible. More positively, staff and prisoners ensured that wings were cleaned to a high standard and outside areas were also clean and tidy. The complaints system required improvement. Many replies were inadequate and poorly investigated and did not provide an acceptable resolution.…
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