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Information about individual prisons is maintained by HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice and can be found on the main gov.uk website: www.gov.uk/government/collections/prisons-in-england-and-wales

To obtain more information, or to apply to be an OPV, please provide your name and first part of your postcode (this will help us identify the prison in your area) by email to info@naopv.com

Prison	Postcode	Nearest major town	Cat / num	Notes
AYLESBURY	HP20 1EH	Aylesbury, Bucks	Cat C, 400	YOI
BEDFORD	MK40 1HG	Bedford, Beds	Cat B, 500	men
BULLINGDON	OX25 1PZ	Bicester, Oxon	Cat B, 1100	men
FIVE WELLS	NN8 2NG	Wellingborough, Northants	Cat C, 1680	men, #1
GRENDON	HP18 0TL	Bicester, Oxon – Aylesbury, Bucks	Cat C, 200	men, #2
HUNTERCOMBE	RG9 5SB	Henley-on-Thames, Oxon	Cat C, 480	men, #3
ONLEY	CV23 8AP	Rugby, Warwickshire	Cat C, 740	men
RYE HILL	CV23 8SZ	Willoughby, nr Rugby	Cat B, 660	men, #1
SPRINGHILL	HP18 0TL	Bicester, Oxon – Aylesbury, Bucks	Cat D, 300	men, #2
THE MOUNT	HP3 0NZ	Bovingdon, Herts	Cat C, 1000	men
WOODHILL	MK4 4DA	Milton Keynes, Bucks	Cat A, 800	men, &YOI

Notes

#1 Managed by G4S
#2 Grendon and Springhill are on the same site and are jointly managed
#3 Inmates are all foreign nationals

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Key to Cat/num

Categories:   A – High security including terrorists,     B & C – Closed,    D – Open

Juveniles – under 18

YOI – young offenders – 18 to 22

num – maximum capacity