HMP Wayland originally opened in 1985 as a purpose build prison. Since then there have been extensions and additions erected and now there are 13 residential units and a segregation unit over a large site. Wayland has been designated a resettlement prison and opened a new Category C personality disorder unit early 2014.
Accommodation
- A: Induction and high-risk cell sharing risk assessment (CSRA) – mostly single cells
- B: Normal location, high-risk CSRA – mostly single cells
- C: Normal location, high-risk CSRA – mostly single cells and safe cell
- D: Integrated drug treatment system and normal location, high-risk CSRA – mostly single cells
- E: Wensum enabling environment; personality disorder pathway service and progression;
- psychologically informed planned environment (PIPE) – single cells and safe cell
- F: Enhanced unit, lowered security risk – single cells
- G: Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners trust (RAPt); short duration drug programme; over-50s – single cells
- H: Enhanced unit, lowered security risk – single cells
- J–M: Normal location – double cells
- N: Normal location, enhanced unit – double cells
- Segregation unit