HM Prison Full Sutton

HMP Full Sutton
Entrance to the prison (2011)
Map
LocationFull Sutton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Security classAdult Male/Category A
Capacity600[1]
Population560[2] (as of March 2020)
Opened1987
Managed byHM Prison Services
GovernorGareth Sands
WebsiteFull Sutton at justice.gov.uk

HM Prison Full Sutton is a Category A and B men's prison in the village of Full Sutton, near Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Full Sutton is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service,[3] and holds 596 inmates, as of September 2018. The prison's primary function is to hold, in conditions of high security, some of the most difficult and dangerous criminals in the country.

The prison also has a unit known as the Close Supervision Centre, which is referred to as a "prison inside a prison". This is used to house prisoners who are a high risk to the public and national security. HMP Full Sutton will not normally accept prisoners who have been sentenced to less than four years, or who have less than twelve months left to serve.

  1. ^ "Full Sutton Prison information". www.justice.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "HMP Full Sutton – a fundamentally safe and well-performing high security prison". www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ^ Knapton, Sarah (10 September 2022). "About face on all fronts in the land of Kings English". The Daily Telegraph. No. 52, 043. p. 11. ISSN 0307-1235.