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Key information
Address: Old Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, BT28 2PT
Phone: 028 9261 1888
Type: High security – adult male, remand and sentenced (separated and integrated regimes)
Capacity: around 970 prisoners
Opened: 1986 (fully operational 1987)
HMP Maghaberry, near Lisburn, is Northern Ireland’s high-security prison. It holds adult male prisoners – both on remand and serving longer sentences – in both separated and integrated conditions, and can hold around 970 people. It’s the largest and most complex of Northern Ireland’s three prisons.
For visiting times, addresses, directions and current contact details, see the Northern Ireland Prison Service’s website.