Lindholme

Role and background

HMP Lindholme is an adult men's prison near Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

Inside the prison and daily life

Its ten residential units provide a mixture of single and double cells, alongside a separate care-and-separation facility. The different units support the prison's residential population.

Each prisoner has an individual learning plan. Courses range from literacy, numeracy and English-language learning to GCSE subjects, IT, business administration, media and graphic design. Practical training includes plumbing, carpentry, engineering, textiles, catering, cleaning and decorating.

The learning offer also includes building computers and starting a business. These sit alongside traditional trades, providing routes for prisoners whose interests and abilities extend beyond the same small set of jobs.

The variety of courses is intended to support employment after release. Family learning and other life-skills work add to vocational study, while housing advice is also available through partner organisations. An effective route through such a broad offer depends on matching a person's abilities, goals and circumstances to the next useful stage.

Visiting and family contact

For relatives, practical preparation matters. Confirm the correct visiting arrangements, accepted identification, accessibility support and property rules before making a journey. Keeping contact with someone in custody can involve several services, and each has its own procedures.

Practical advice before you make arrangements

Use Lindholme's official page below for its current booking route, required identification, permitted items and travel instructions.

Confirm that the person is still at Lindholme and that your visit has been accepted before making travel arrangements. Ask the prison in advance about disability access, medication or children's needs.