HM Prison Brixton

HMP Brixton

Location	Brixton, London, SW2
Coordinates	51°27′05.8″N 00°07′30.9″W / 51.451611°N 0.125250°W / 51.451611; -0.125250
Security class	Adult Male/Resettlement
Population	798 (as of August 2008)
Opened	1820; 204 years ago (1820)
Managed by	HM Prison Services
Governor	Mia Wheeler [1]
Website	Brixton at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison Brixton is a Category C training establishment men's prison, located in Brixton area of the London Borough of Lambeth, in inner-South London. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. Before 2012, it was used as a local prison.