{"id":233210,"date":"2025-07-02T23:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233210\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T23:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T23:21:13","slug":"dozens-of-prisoners-urgently-removed-from-hmp-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/233210\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of prisoners urgently removed from HMP Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 41 prisoners have been moved out of the prison&#8217;s A-wing<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_HMP-Liverpool.jpg\" alt=\"HMP Liverpool in Walton\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>HMP Liverpool in Walton(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Dozens of prisoners have been temporarily moved out from Liverpool&#8217;s main prison, the Ministry of Justice has today confirmed. A temporary power outage has affected A Wing at HMP Liverpool in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/walton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Walton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The power outage first affected <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/hmp-liverpool\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">A Wing at the facility<\/a>, commonly referred to locally as Walton Prison, on Sunday June 29. There are a total of 89 prisoners on the wing and just under half that number &#8211; 41 &#8211; have been removed from the prison following then outage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A Prison Service Spokesperson told the ECHO: &#8220;A temporary power failure on A-wing at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/hmp-liverpool\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HMP Liverpool<\/a> has necessitated the relocation of around 40 prisoners as a precaution while repairs are underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe\u2019re working urgently to restore full services and return these prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is understood that following the power problems, replacement parts have been ordered and repairs are expected to be carried out later this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 41 prisoners are being temporarily removed as a precaution. Some will remain at HMP Liverpool in other areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751498473_112_0_HMP-Liverpool.jpg\" alt=\"HMP Liverpool in Walton\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>HMP Liverpool in Walton(Image: Liverpool Echo)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Others will be moved to other prison establishments, elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is understood that essential lighting remains on at the wing, however some in-cell services are currently unavailable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The loss of power has also affected the wing&#8217;s servery and medication unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Those who have been temporarily decanted will return to HMP Liverpool&#8217;s A-wing once power is fully restored.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">HM Prison Liverpool is a local prison for remand and sentenced adult males from across Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A-wing is one of eight wings at HMP Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The prison was constructed between 1848 and 18555 and replaced a smaller facility in the centre of the city that had become too small for requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A total of 41 prisoners have been moved out of the prison&#8217;s A-wingHMP Liverpool in Walton(Image: Liverpool Echo)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,16182,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-233210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-hmp-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114786211358220498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}