HMP Wayland originally opened in 1985 as a purpose build prison. Since then there have been extensions and additions erected and now there are 11 residential units and a segregation unit over a large site. Wayland has been designated a resettlement prison and opened a new Category C personality disorder unit early 2014.
Accommodation
- A: Normal location, high-risk cell sharing risk assessment (CSRA) – mostly single cells
- B: Normal location, high-risk CSRA – mostly single cells
- C: Normal location, high-risk CSRA – mostly single cells and constant supervision cell
- D: Integrated drug treatment system and normal location, high-risk CSRA – mostly single cells
- E: Wensum unit. North side: lifers and those serving an indeterminate sentence for public protection. South side: normal location – single cells and constant supervision cell
- G: Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners trust (Phoenix); short duration drug programme; over-50s – single cells
- J: Enhanced and category D unit
- K: Normal location – double cells
- L: Normal location – double cells
- M: First night and induction
- N: Normal location – double cells P
- IU (formerly protective isolation unit): Single cells, enhanced
- Reintegration unit (segregation)