The Mount Prison opened in 1987 as a young offenders institution.

It was designed as a Category C Training prison built on the site of a former RAF station on the outskirts of Bovingdon village, Hertfordshire.

Address:
Molyneaux Avenue
Bovingdon
Hemel Hempstead
Herts
HP3 0NZ

Tel: 01442 836300
Fax: 01442 836301

Governor: Steven Bradford

Accommodation: Category C male

Operational capacity: 770 as of 9 April 2013

Regime: The regime includes full/part-time education, workshops, training courses, farms and gardens, and a works department. Various types of offending behaviour groups are available e.g. drug group (suppliers), drug group (users), anger management, and alcohol offending. Other special features include: listener groups (community based project to keep juveniles out of prison), a job skills course, and prisoner driven drug free meetings.