Key information
Address: Hydebank Wood, Belfast, BT8 8NA
Phone: 028 9025 3666
Type: Women’s prison (Ash House) and young offenders centre, run alongside an education-focused “college” model
Capacity: around 306 (single-cell, including the young offenders centre)
Hydebank Wood, in south Belfast, holds two quite different populations on one site. The College side, with a strong focus on education, learning and employment, holds young men aged 18–24. Ash House, on the same grounds, is Northern Ireland’s only women’s prison, holding women on remand and serving sentences of any length.
For visiting times, addresses, directions and current contact details, see the Northern Ireland Prison Service’s website.