| General Details | Community News |
| Inspections | Regimes |
| Visits and getting there | Local News |
Key Contact Details
| Name or Prison | HMP & YOI Peterborough |
| Address: | Saville Road Westfield Peterborough PE3 7PD |
| Other contact details: | |
| Web Site: | Click here |
| Email: | |
| Main switchboard: | 01733 217500 |
| At Risk hotline: | |
| Fax: | 01733 217501 |
| Visits booking number: | 01733 217536 (reception or 1st visit only) |
| Visits booking email: | n/a Booked by Prisoner |
| Visits booking txt number: | n/a Booked by Prisoner |
| Type of Prison: | Female Adult and Young Offenders |
HMP&YOI Peterborough (Women) shares its site, opened in 2005, with the separate men’s prison next door, though the two are run under shared management and staffing. It is a reception and resettlement prison for adult women and young female offenders, with a certified normal capacity of around 372.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons rated the women’s prison “good” for safety and “reasonably good” for respect and release planning following a November 2023 inspection, though purposeful activity was rated “poor”, with inspectors finding the education and work curriculum did not meet women’s needs and mental health assessments were delayed. The Independent Monitoring Board’s more recent combined report noted encouraging progress since then, with significant improvements in key worker sessions and education specifically on the women’s side, alongside better-staffed healthcare services by the end of the reporting year. The Board did still flag weak complaint handling and ongoing problems with medication distribution as areas needing further work.
For families staying in touch with a woman at Peterborough, the contact details above remain the best way to arrange visits and check in on their wellbeing.