Talk:Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom

Cat B
"Those who do not require maximum security, but for whom escape still needs to be very difficult." Someone re-write this please. Prisoners don't need for escape to be difficult. They'd prefer for escape to be easy.

Merge proposal
Go for it. I endorse this merge Weggie 17:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree... Demetrius 23:14, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

ROTL
Prisoners in Cat C prisons might also be eligible for ROTLs for town visits. Sometimes this is part of a pre-release programme or before being given their Cat D Nogbad (talk) 21:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Remand Prisoner
What's that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.26.21.24 (talk) 16:34, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, there's a Wikipedia article - I think a link to it makes sense. Bagunceiro (talk) 11:48, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect Article Title
The article's title is inaccurate. What is described in the article is the security category of the prisoners themselves, NOT the types of security in prisons. For example: There are Cat A, B, C and D prisons. Cat A is a higher security prison than a Cat B, which is higher than Cat C, which is higher than a Cat D (which is an open prison). There are Cat B prisoners in the Cat A prison where I work, alongside some Cat C prisoners. Equally, there are Cat A prisoners in a Cat B prison where I have worked. The correct title for this article should be "Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.185.182.224 (talk) 08:42, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Sourcing
I reverted this edit, because it seemed to be vandalism (and other edits made by that IP around the same time were vandalism). Looking at it, however, I think the information I put back needs to have a source. Can anyone help? Girlwithgreeneyes (talk) 12:24, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Offences

 * Offences that may result in consideration for Category A or Restricted Status include: Attempted murder [...]

Curious that there's no mention of actual murder! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.9.31.12 (talk) 09:11, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

When and by whom?
When did prisoner categorisation start? When I was a prison visitor, we were told that it was Louis Mountbatten who instigated the system when a police driver known to him was strangled by a prisoner he was transporting. Was this institutional myth, or is there some truth to the story? And if it is true, should not both facts be included? Kiltpin (talk) 10:34, 10 April 2017 (UTC)

Julian Assange in Category A prison
I think the list of offenses for Categoray A prisoners in incomplete. Julian Assange is being held in Belmarsh, a Category A prison, for whistleblowing on the US.

Jeffrey Walton (talk) 02:30, 3 August 2022 (UTC)