HMP Dovegate
Opened in 2001, Serco manage HMP Dovegate on a 25 year contract as a category B prison. We care for over 1060 male adult prisoners over the age of 21 all serving a range of sentences including trial, remand, awaiting sentence and convicted men serving over four years to life.
Dovegate, in Staffordshire, provides education - literacy, numeracy, IT and vocational skills - healthcare, industrial work opportunities, drug and alcohol counselling, accredited and non-accredited offender behaviour courses aimed at reducing criminogenic risk and thereby aiding release and resettlement of offenders
The prison also includes a separate 200-bed Therapeutic Community for repeat serious offenders. The unit, the only privately-run one in the UK and the only purpose-built therapeutic facility, offers its residents daily group therapy, which lasts between 18 months and 24 months.
In September 2009 the prison expanded by nearly a third to accommodate a further 260 prisoners with a new activity building, training rooms, workshops, and housing units, resulting in the current 1060 average prisoner population.
Latest HMCIP report: Report on an announced inspection of HMP Dovegate 29 September - 3 October 2008
Contact Details:
| Director: | Wyn Jones |
| Address: | HMP Dovegate Uttoxeter Staffordshire ST14 8XR |
| Tel: | 01283 829400 |
| Fax: | 01283 829426 |