A Category C prison is a type of prison in the UK that holds prisoners who cannot be trusted in open conditions but are unlikely to try to escape. These prisons are for lower-risk prisoners who are unlikely to escape but cannot yet be trusted in open prisons. They are training and resettlement prisons that provide prisoners with the opportunity to develop their own skills so they can find work and resettle back into the community on release. To be placed in a Category C prison, the prisoner must fulfill at least one of the following criteria: they have a previous sentence of 12 months or more for crimes such as violence, arson, drug dealing, importation, threat of violence, or sex-related offenses; they are currently serving a sentence longer than 12 months for the crimes listed above; or they have an outstanding confiscation order or other further charges against them. Category C prisoners are assessed regularly to determine whether they are still in the right prison category.