UK Prisons to Serve Festive Christmas Meals in 2025

Prisoners in several UK facilities will enjoy festive Christmas Day meals this December 25, 2025, featuring traditional options like turkey and all the trimmings, alongside accommodations for vegetarian, vegan, and halal diets. The Ministry of Justice has disclosed menus for prisons including HMP Birmingham, HMP Exeter, HMP Channings Wood, HMP Liverpool, HMP Altcourse, and HMP Berwyn, ensuring inmates receive varied, nutritious food that aligns with religious, cultural, and medical needs.

At HMP Birmingham, a Category B prison in Winston Green housing over 1,400 inmates, the Christmas lunch offers five main choices: roast turkey with pork sausage in bacon, lemon herb halal chicken leg, vegan nutless roast, festive cheese and onion pasty, or vegan crumbed schnitzel. These are served with roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts, stuffing, and cranberry sauce gravy. For dessert, prisoners can select Christmas pudding with custard or fresh fruit. Breakfast includes cereal, milk, and a bagel with jam, while tea features standard options. Officials emphasized that the menu represents a seasonal variation from the previous day's standard fare, such as vegetable sausages and pasta dishes on...