Market Engagement - HMP &YOI Parc Learning & Skills Provision

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is retendering the Learning and Skills provision for HMP and YOI Parc, Bridgend South Wales. HMP & YOI Parc opened in November 1997, with a maximum capacity of 2057 individuals, though we initially intend to contract to a capacity of 1639 adult prisoner places as well as 60 places in the children’s’ unit (sometimes referred to as the young person’s unit or YPU). HMP Parc plays a fundamental part in the prison system. For the bulk of the adult population, the regime predominantly aims to prepare individuals for release and resettlement into the community through building, maintaining or improving family and community ties and providing access to local community services. HMP and YOI Parc’s vision is “to be the best performing prison education and training facility in Wales”. Their ethos represents a commitment to supporting the learner through their sentence, understanding that learning and resettlement support extends throughout the learners offending journey and beyond into the community. This positively aligns with the strategic objectives of the Welsh Government and MoJ.