The Prison Today
HMP Reading is a young offender Institution and remand centre, holding males aged 18 to 21. Accommodation at the prison consists of a mixture of single and double occupancy cells contained on three Victorian style wings. There is also a further residential unit(Kennet wing) of single occupancy cells for low security 'open' prisoners.
The Remand centre Library service is run by Reading Borough Libraries. There are two education departments at Reading prison, one run by the Prison service and one by Milton Keynes College.
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