Be a prison volunteer in the East Midlands

Derbyshire volunteer opportunities

HMP/YOI Sudbury

Type: male, category D
Location: Ashbourne, DE6 5HU
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP/YOI Sudbury is a category D open resettlement prison for adult males and young offenders.

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 Sudbury.

HMP Gartree

Type: male, category B
Location: Market Harborough, LE16 7RP
Accessibility: visitor car parking and public transport options available

HMP Gartree is a category B high security prison for adult males. Provision includes a therapeutic community, a therapeutic community plus for prisoners with particular learning disabilities and difficulties, and 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 Gartree.

HMP Stocken

Type: male, category C
Location: Oakham, LE15 7RD
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP Stocken is a category C training 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 Stocken.

HMP Fosse Way

Type: male, category C
Location: Wigston, LE18 4WS
Accessibility: visitor car park, public transport and access by foot available.

HMP Fosse Way is a category C resettlement prison for adult males, including those convicted of sexual offences. It is a new prison, completed in May 2023, which is privately operated by Serco.

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 Fosse Way.

HMP Leicester

Type: male, category B
Location: Leicester, LE2 7AJ
Accessibility: local car parking, public transport and access by foot available

HMP Leicester is a category B local prison with reception and resettlement functions 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 Leicester.

Lincolnshire volunteer opportunities

HMP/YOI Lincoln

Type: male, category B
Location: Lincoln, LN2 4BD
Accessibility: local car parking, public transport, and access by foot available

HMP/YOI Lincoln is a category B local prison for adult males and young offenders.

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 Lincoln.

HMP Morton Hall

Type: male, category C
Location: Lincoln, LN6 9PT
Accessibility: visitor car park, public transport and access by foot available

HMP Morton Hall is a category C prison for adult males, predominantly foreign national 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 Morton Hall.

HMP North Sea Camp

Type: male, category D
Location: Boston, PE22 0QX
Accessibility: visitor car park available, travel by car is essential

HMP North Sea Camp is a category D open resettlement prison for adult males, 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 North Sea Camp.

HMP Five Wells

Type: male, category C
Location: Wellingborough, NN8 2NG
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport available

HMP Five Wells is a privately operated category C resettlement prison for adult males, currently operated 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 Five Wells.

HMP Onley

Type: male, category C
Location: Rugby, CV23 8AP
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP Onley 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 Onley

HMP Rye Hill

Type: male, category B
Location: Willoughby, CV23 8SZ
Accessibility: visitor car park available

HMP Rye Hill is a category B prison for adult males 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 Rye Hill.

HMP Lowdham Grange

Type: male, category B
Location: Lowdham, NG14 7DA
Accessibility: visitor car park

HMP Lowdham Grange is a privately operated category B training prison for adult males, currently run by Sodexo.

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 Lowdham Grange.

HMP Nottingham

Type: male, category B
Location: Nottingham, NG5 3AG
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP Nottingham 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 Nottingham.

HMP Whatton

Type: male, category C
Location: Whatton, NG13 9FQ
Accessibility: visitor car park and access by foot available

HMP Whatton 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 Whatton.

HMP Ranby

Type: male, category C
Location: Retford, DN22 8EU
Accessibility: visitor car park and public transport options available

HMP Ranby is a category C training 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 Ranby.