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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.
23 January 2023
Wealstun is a category C training and resettlement prison in West Yorkshire. Holding more than 800 convicted adult men, the establishment was founded 27 years ago following the amalgamation of two former prisons. Developments since then have resulted in an extensive, mixed campus of 10…
13 February 2020
Given the failure in so many cases to properly assess the risks presented by prisoners, it was perhaps inevitable that we should find other serious weaknesses in public protection and release planning. These are set out in detail in the report, but in essence amount…
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