Location | Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales |
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Coordinates | 51°41′10″N 2°56′36″W / 51.686193°N 2.943199°W |
Security class | Adult Male/Category D |
Capacity | 230 |
Population | about 230[1] (as of May 2013) |
Opened | 1939 |
Managed by | HM Prison Services |
Governor | Rob Denman [2] |
Website | Prescoed at justice.gov.uk |
HM Prison Prescoed (Welsh: Carchar Prescoed EF) is a Category D men's open prison, located in Coed-y-paen, three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire, Wales. Prescoed is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and acts as a satellite prison of the nearby HMP Usk.[3]