Be a prison volunteer in the West Midlands

HMP/YOI Stoke Heath

Type: male, category C
Location: Market Drayton, TF9 2JL
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP/YOI Stoke Heath is a category C training and resettlement prison and young offender institution for men over the age of 18.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP/YOI Stoke Heath.

HMP Dovegate

Type: male, category B
Location: Uttoxeter, ST14 8XR
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP Dovegate is a privately operated category B training prison for adult males, currently run by Serco. It also houses a purpose built therapeutic community.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Dovegate.

HMP/YOI Drake Hall

Type: female, closed
Location: Stafford, ST21 6LQ
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP/YOI Drake Hall is a closed prison for women over the age of 18.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP/YOI Drake Hall.

HMP Stafford

Type: male, category C
Location: Stafford, ST16 3AW
Accessibility: local parking and public transport options available

HMP Stafford is a category C training prison for adult males who have been convicted of sexual offences.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Stafford.

HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall

Type: male, category C
Location: Lichfield, WS14 9QT
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall is a category C training prison and young offender institution for men over the age of 18, including those who have been convicted of sexual offences.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall.

HMYOI Werrington

Type: male, young offenders
Location: Werrington, ST9 0DX
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMYOI Werrington is a young offender institution for young people aged between 15 and 18.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMYOI Werrington.

HMP Hewell

Type: male, category B
Location: Redditch, B97 6QS
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP Hewell is a category B local prison for adult males.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Hewell.

HMP Long Lartin

Type: male, category A
Location: South Littleton, WR11 8TZ
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP Long Lartin is a category A high-security prison for adult males. Provision includes a psychologically informed planned environment (PIPE) unit.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Long Lartin.

HMP Birmingham

Type: male, category B
Location: Birmingham, B18 4AS
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP Birmingham is a category B reception prison for adult males. Provision includes a social care wing for older and severely disabled prisoners.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Birmingham.

HMP/YOI Brinsford

Type: male, category C
Location: Wolverhampton, WV10 7PY
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP/YOI Brinsford is a category C resettlement prison and young offender institution. It predominantly holds young male adults between the ages of 18 and 25, with some adult men up to the age of 29.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP/YOI Brinsford.

HMP Featherstone

Type: male, category C
Location: Wolverhampton, WV10 7PU
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP Featherstone is a category C training and resettlement prison for adult males.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Featherstone.

HMP Oakwood (Wolverhampton)

Type: male, category C
Location: Wolverhampton, WV10 7QD
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP Oakwood (Wolverhampton) is a category C training and resettlement prison for adult males, including those who have been convicted of sexual offences. It is a privately operated prison, currently run by G4S.

Board members are expected to undertake around 2-3 visits a month and attend Board meetings, flexibility will be considered where possible to accommodate work and care commitments. You need to work well as part of a team, be enthusiastic and open minded, with the ability to make sound objective judgments. Candidates are required to live within 30 miles of HMP Oakwood (Wolverhampton).