Long Lartin

Role and background

HMP Long Lartin is a high-security men's prison near Evesham in Worcestershire.

Inside the prison and daily life

Its main accommodation is in single cells across six residential units, alongside a detainee unit. Healthcare, programmes and care-and-separation facilities support the residential estate. Gym provision includes a sports hall, weights facilities and an all-weather area.

Training includes woodcraft, bricklaying, barbering, cleaning, laundry and decorating. Education spans basic skills and higher study, including Open University courses. Work activities include contract production, while the library supports reading and learning.

Pastoral support includes group and individual work, with activities around art, music and bereavement. Such provision sits alongside formal programmes and recognises that long custody involves personal as well as security needs.

Behaviour programmes, personal-officer support and chaplaincy form further parts of daily provision. At a high-security prison, constructive activity has to operate within strict controls. Understanding the establishment means considering both the security of the site and how men can sustain purposeful routines during lengthy periods in custody.

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

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