Werrington Prison

Tel: 01782 463 300 – Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST9 0DX

HMP Werrington is a juvenile centre, accepting only inmates between the ages of 15 and 18. The building originally opened in 1895 as an industrial school, and was purchased by the Prison system in 1955. It converted to a youth custody centre in 1985 before finally becoming a juvenile centre in 1988. The prison has a capacity of 162 and is situated in the village of Werrington in Staffordshire. If you’d like directions, please refer to the map on this page.

Tel: 01782 463 300

Operational capacity: 162

Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST9 0DX

Prison Phone have been saving inmates at HMP Werrington money on their calls from the prison to any UK mobile phone since 2013.

We do this by allocating a dedicated and secure local number to your mobile phone, this means when the inmate at Werrington prison calls the new local number we have provided they will be charged at just the local landline rate (around 10p per minute) rather than the standard mobile rate (which is around 40p per minute).

This in turn helps to stretch the inmates PINS phone credit further and reduces the amount you need to send in for them to top up!

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Here’s some facts about Werrington Prison

HMP Werrington is a male juvenile’s prison in Werrington, Staffordshire. Opened in 1895, as an industrial school, the prison has capacity to hold 160 young inmates.

There are two accommodation blocks, Doulton and Denby units. Doulton consists of wings A & B: A wing holds sentenced young people, and B wing holds remand and sentenced inmates. Denby consists of C1 & C2: C1 contains the reintegration and support unit, and C2 holds inmates in temporary license or enhanced status.

HMYOI Werrington became the first ever secure establishment to receive dyslexia-friendly quality kite mark from the British Dyslexia Association.

Despite a reduction in violent incidents between 2013 and 2015, there was till levels of violence described as “too high”. 37% of inmate reported they had been hit or kicked during their time there.

To view the latest HMIP inspection report, click here.

Visiting hours are 14:15 – 16:15 Monday-Thursday, and 14:30 – 16:30 in Saturdays and Sundays.