Prisons: Libraries
Commons · Question 16131 · Tabled 6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of books available to prisoners in the library at HMP Highpoint, HMP Belmarsh, HMP Manchester, and HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 9 Jul 2026
As the library services at HMP Belmarsh, HMP Manchester and HMP Wormwood Scrubs are contracted out to the local authority, the library catalogues for those prisons are not held by the Ministry of Justice. The catalogue for HMP Highpoint is attached.