HM Prison and Probation Service
Featured
Fourteen thousand new prison places, with a target to open by 2031, form part of a 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy to make sure we always have the spaces needed to keep the public safe.
Extra specialist staff, urgent repairs to cells and CCTV cameras and renewed safety training will be carried out urgently at HMP Winchester.
Susannah Hancock will carry out an independent review of the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure estate.
End of lifetime licences for rehabilitated IPP offenders
Press release
Around 1,800 rehabilitated offenders still under indefinite probation oversight for abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, years after completing their prison terms, will have this supervision lifted today (1 November 2024).
Find your role at HMPPS
Careers
Working in a prison and the probation service is a truly unique experience – extraordinary jobs, done by people like you.
Latest from the HM Prison and Probation Service
What we do
We carry out sentences given by the courts, in custody and the community, and rehabilitate people in our care through education and employment.
HMPPS is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.
Follow us
Documents
Transparency and freedom of information releases
Our management
Contact HMPPS
Office address
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom
Main switchboard
01633 630941
Public enquiry lines are open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm.
Media enquiries
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom
Public enquiries
0203 334 3555
Journalist enquiries
0203 334 3536
Make an FOI request
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
- Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.
Freedom of Information requests
Postal Point 10.25, Floor 10
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom
High profile groups within HMPPS
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use. Find out About our services.