HMP FORD
FORD PRISON
Ford Prison is an Open Prison in the UK.
The prison can hold upto 544 category D Prisoners at any given time. Ford is part of the HMPPS estate and located in Ford, Arundel.
Ford Prison, Situation near Littlehampton is a working prison. This means, unless medically exempt, all prisoners are expected to work to some capacity.
Jobs available at ford prison vary from kitchen assistant through to gym orderly. Firstly, Ford Prison is well equipped and is situated on an old RAF Base. Ford has its own woodworking shop, garden department, kitchen, library, gym, outdoor gym, dinner hall, football pitch and tennis courts.
whats the acommodation like at ford?
when was ford prison built?
Ford prison, originally built in 1960 but before that it was part of the Royal Navy Air Arms. The acommodation hasnt changed much since it was an RAF base. The ‘Billets’ are overcrowded with double the amount of inmates per billet and 2 men squashed in one room.
In the main section of ford, there are single rooms available but you would need to have spent some good time on the billets before a single room becomes available when you will finally have some of your own space and not cramped up conditions.
How do you get to a Cat D Prison?
Ford Prison is a male prison. It is for low risk prisoners. To be able to get accepted into a Category D Prison you will have needed to abide by your sentence plan set by OMU, have no outstanding court issues and have no issues on your prison record since coming to prison. If you want to find out more about the criteria for getting into a Cat D Prison read here
Ford Prison Contact Details
Ford Prison
Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 0BX
You can book a prison visit through www.gov.uk/prison-visits.
There is ample parking across the road from the main prison which is still on prison grounds.
