HMP Eastwood Park is run by HMPS as part of the South West Region. It has a capacity of 377 and the #1 governor is Zoe Short who has been in charge since January 2022. The prison hold women aged over 18, and has very large catchment area, serving the South West, Wales , the West Midlands and the South Coast . HMP Eastwood Park in South Gloucestershire opened as a female prison in March 1996, taking in prisoners from HMP Pucklechurch. The establishment opened a mother and baby unit in 2004 and the Mary Carpenter Unit (MCU) in 2005, which held 17-year-old girls. This unit closed in 2013 and was reopened in 2015 as the Nexus Unit.
Accommodation
- Residential 1 – enhanced community, general population, including opportunities for pregnant women
- Residential 2 – closed at the time of the inspection
- Residential 3 – general population
- Residential 4 – women needing constant supervision, segregation or a transfer under the Mental health Act
- Residential 5 – general population
- Residential 6 – general population
- Residential 7 – semi-open unit, including women accessing release on temporary licence
- Residential 8 – first night unit (including the detoxification wing)
- Residential 9 – mother and baby unit
- Residential 10 – Nexus Unit for women with personality disorders.