HMP Norwich

Story

HMP Norwich is a multi-functional prison, predominantly serving the Courts of Norfolk and Suffolk. The prison has occupied its current site overlooking the city of Norwich since 1887.

B and C wings were opened in 1996 and were classified as a category C training unit from April 1999. M wing was opened in 1997, and was designated as a resettlement unit from April 1999.

A further resettlement unit (Britannia House) was established outside the main gate. F and G wings accommodated male adult and young adult prisoners until 1998, when they were converted to a young offender institution. In August 2004, an older prisoners’ unit was established for life-sentenced prisoners.

In September 2009, the new A wing was opened and adult prisoners and young offenders were integrated across the prison. The prison was then designated a reception site for adults and young adults when they first arrived in custody and a local discharge unit (LDU) to cater for short-sentenced prisoners from the local area.

Accommodation

* A wing (formerly Gurney unit) – closed
* New A wing – first night, induction and IDTS
* B wing (formerly Boleyn unit) – remand and convicted prisoners
* C wing (formerly Constable unit) – remand and convicted prisoners
* Britannia House (formerly Britten unit) – resettlement unit (located outside the main prison)
* E wing (formerly Fry unit) – vulnerable prisoners
* F wing (formerly Coleman unit) – adults and young adults serving less than 12 months
* G wing (formerly Gainsborough unit) – adults and young adults serving less than 12 months
* M wing (formerly Mills unit) – low risk category C prisoners awaiting transfer
* L wing (formerly Nelson unit) – older lifers located on the ground floor of the health care centre
* Health care – inpatient health care facility
* Segregation unit (formerly Crabbe unit)