Minimum Security Prisons

Open prisons provide opportunities to rebuild community links, connect with family, access housing services, volunteer, and identify employment. People released from minimum security prisons have lower post-release recidivism and mortality than people released from higher security prisons. Retaining a place in open conditions can be difficult because thresholds for return to closed conditions are low. Open prisons may be especially challenging for people with likely personality disorder because they are less structured and require greater autonomy. Minimum security prisons in England are less restrictive settings intended to support reintegration.