Onley Prison

Tel: 01788 523400 – Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 8AP

HMP Onley is a category C adult male prison with a capacity of 742. It was originally constructed as a borstal in 1968, and continued to hold young offenders for 30 years. However, in 2004, the juvenile inmates held at the establishment were replaced by adults. Since 2013, it has served as a resettlement prison, helping inmates to reintegrate in the Greater London area. If you’d like to visit HMP Olney, you can use the map on this page for directions.

Tel: 01788 523400

Operational capacity: 742

Willoughby, Rugby, Warwickshire CV23 8AP

Prison Phone have been saving inmates at HMP Onley money on their calls from the prison to any UK mobile phone since 2013.

We do this by allocating a dedicated and secure local number to your mobile phone, this means when the inmate at Onley prison calls the new local number we have provided they will be charged at just the local landline rate (around 10p per minute) rather than the standard mobile rate (which is around 40p per minute).

This in turn helps to stretch the inmates PINS phone credit further and reduces the amount you need to send in for them to top up!

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Here’s some facts about Onley Prison

HMP Onley is a category C prison in Barby, Northamptonshire. Opened in 1968, the prison has capacity to hold 742 adult male inmates.

The prison’s residential unit consists of wings A-I. A, B, C, D and E wings each hold 60 prisoners. F wing is the segregation unit, consisting of 15 cells. G wing is the resettlement wing, holding 60 prisoners. H wing is the first night and induction unit, holding 60 prisoners. I wing holds 100 prisoners. J and K wings each hold 76 prisoners and L wing, the enhanced wing, holds 70 prisoners.

In late 2016, a rise in violence was discovered, and blamed on the conversion in 2013 to a resettlement prison for Greater London. Inspectors found there had been a “dramatic incline ” in standards in that time. “Staff gave various explanations, including the change of prisoner population and gang-related issues that they brought with them, the impact of new psychoactive substances (previously known as “legal highs”) and the impact of reductions in staff numbers,”

To view the latest inspection report, click here.

Visiting hours are 14:00 – 15:00 & 15:15 – 16:15 Mon-Thu & Sat-Sun, and 14:30 – 16:00 Fridays.

More Facts

FACT 1

Another inmate was filmed weighing a batch of narcotics and waving a fearsome knife about, claiming the offender was still making money from drugs – or ‘jugging’ in prison slang.

FACT 2

In 2004, the prison was dubbed the UK’s most violent prison for young offenders.

FACT 3

In April 2009, it was found that an inmate was stabbed five times in a shower block after being struck in the head with a metal weight on a shoelace.