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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Official guide description: Open prison
Official guide · Checked 13 September 2026. This wording does not establish an A–D category.
Predominant function (2025/26): Open
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.
14 August 2023
Thorn Cross is an open prison in Cheshire with a capacity of 429 adult men. Located in a rural setting, it has consistently been a successful institution, and our findings at this inspection indicate that this continues to be the case. When we last inspected…
25 May 2021
Thorn Cross is an open prison in Cheshire holding adult male prisoners, most of whom are serving lengthy or indeterminate sentences. At the time of our visit, there were 316 prisoners, 17% fewer than at our last full inspection in 2016 and slightly below the…
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