Wymott opened in 1979 as a short-term category C prison. There was extensive damage to the prison as a result of a disturbance in about 20 years ago, following which part of the prison was rebuilt and redesignated to hold vulnerable prisoners.
Accommodation
- A wing – Prisoners convicted of sexual offences and those in full-time work.
- B wing – Prisoners convicted of sexual offences and older men.
- C wing – General population.
- D wing – First night/induction and general population.
- E/F wing – General population, the segregation unit and a psychologically informed planned environment (PIPE) unit.
- G wing – Prisoners convicted of sexual offences, induction unit and a PIPE unit.
- H wing – General population and induction unit.
- Haven wing – Older prisoners and those with a disability, social and palliative care unit.
- J wing – Enhanced unit for the general population and those convicted of sexual offences.
- K wing – Drug and alcohol therapeutic community