Sites in Yorkshire, Wigan, Kent and South Wales have been earmarked as part of a commitment to build up to 10,000 prison places by 2020
Top 10 UK prison populations, February 2017
Population
Operational capacity
Oakwood
Parc
Wandsworth
Forest Bank
Northumberland
Highpoint (North and South)
Peterborough (male and female)
Pentonville
Wormwood Scrubs
Elmley (Sheppey)
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000