Swansea, which was built in the 1800’s and serves the courts of South Wales. It has been a local male prison since 1922, holding both adults and young offenders and holds up to 468 prisoners. In the 1980s Swansea was the pioneer of the Listener scheme, and in 2012, it piloted and opened a drug recovery and drug abstinence wing. It is run by HMPS as part of the Wales region, and the #1 governor is Chris Simpson, who has been in post since January 2023.
Accommodation
- A wing – sentenced and remand prisoners, workers and unemployed prisoners, capacity of 189
- B wing – induction wing, capacity 46
- C wing – sentenced and remand prisoners, capacity 40 spaces
- D wing – sentenced and remand prisoners, full-time workers, veterans and some unemployed prisoners, capacity 116
- E wing – segregation unit, capacity 5
- F wing – sentenced, remand and unemployed prisoners, capacity 59
- G wing –incentivised substance-free living since 2021, capacity 52