HMP Channings Wood is run by HMPS as part of the South West Region. It has a capacity of 710 and the #1 governor is Huw Sullivan, who has been in charge since December 2019. Channings Wood was built on the site of a Ministry of Defence base using contract and prison labour and opened just over 40 years ago. There have been additions to the prison at various times, the latest being in 2008.
Accommodation
- Block 1: 112 cells – normal population and vulnerable prisoners.
- Block 2: 112 cells – normal population
- Block 3: 112 cells – normal population
- Block 4: 112 cells – normal population.
- Block 5: 112 cells – normal population and vulnerable prisoners..
- Block 6: 34 enhanced level prisoners and orderlies
- Block 8: 32 double cells-normal population
- Block 9: 40 cells-enhanced level prisoners, orderlies and vulnerable prisoners