Terregles Street , DG2 9AX, Dumfries, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Telephone
44 01387 261218
Year Constructed
1882
Status of Establishment
custodial
Additional information
Dumfries Prison serves the courts of Dumfries and Galloway. It holds up to 80 male prisoners who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports. Short-term convicted male prisoners may be retained at Dumfries or transferred according to their length of sentence and the availability of spaces.
Dumfries prison also provides a national mainstream facility for holding up to 135 long‑term and short‑term men who require to be separated from mainstream offenders because of the nature of their offence, termed as offence related protection offenders.