England & Wales · 123 prisons
What do you need to know?
Check your prison. Know what to expect.
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How it works
Search the prison
Name, town, or postcode. The prison is the object — not a news article.
Keep sources apart
Official, PrisonCheck, and community reports never mix. You always know who said it.
Work it out
Release dates, phone cost, visit cost. Small tools, not another brochure.
Popular checks
What families report
10+ family reportsFamilies have written in
From families
HMP Berwyn
Phone list
“PIN came through after about 2 days.”
HMP Berwyn
First visit
“First visit took around 24 days.”
HMP Berwyn
First call
“First call after about 2 days.”
Tools
Release date calculator
Estimate a conditional release date from sentence type, length, remand and the release point.
Sentence calculator
See how a determinate sentence breaks into custody and licence, including SDS40.
Prison phone calculator
Work out weekly call cost to a landline versus a mobile, using the current HMPPS tariff.
Visit cost calculator
Estimate travel cost to a prison, and whether Assisted Prison Visits might apply.
PIN wait-time tracker
See how long families are waiting for the phone list — then add your own number.
Know what to expect
Search a prison, read the official rule, then see what families are reporting.