What HMP Drake Hall is
HMP Drake Hall holds women. Specialist functions and open conditions are described on GOV.UK; do not assume every woman in Staffordshire is at Drake Hall.
Stafford men’s prison and Swinfen Hall YOI are separate gates entirely.
Locating someone at HMP Drake Hall
HMP Drake Hall does not publish a landing list. Use GOV.UK Find a prisoner with name and date of birth. HMPPS only confirms the prison if the person consents. If they were in court today, wait until the next working day before you decide the form is wrong.
Visiting HMP Drake Hall
Book HMP Drake Hall through the national prison-visits service and the official GOV.UK page. You must already be on the visitor list. Session times change; we only reprint a timetable when we have fetched it from that page.
Getting to Eccleshall
Stafford or Stoke-on-Trent, then a bus or taxi towards Eccleshall on the A519.
Questions about HMP Drake Hall
- Is Drake Hall the same as HMP Stafford?
- No. Stafford holds men. Drake Hall is the women’s prison at Eccleshall.
- Can I search who is in HMP Drake Hall online?
- No public UK inmate roster exists. Use GOV.UK Find a prisoner, which requires the prisoner’s consent.