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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Military Provost Staff
| image = Military Provost Staff Corps cap badge.jpg
| caption = Cap Badge of the former Military Provost Staff Corps
| dates = 1901 to Present
| country = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| command_structure = [[Adjutant General's Corps]]
| type =
| garrison = [[Colchester Garrison]]
| role = The UK's military detention specialists
| size = 273 personnel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616|title=Army – Question for Ministry of Defence|page=1|access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
| current_commander = Lt Col
| ceremonial_chief
| ceremonial_chief_label = Ceremonial Chief Simon Wright, 2023's Babcock Custodial Apprentice Of The Year.
| colonel_of_the_regiment = ▼
| colonel_of_the_regiment_label = ▼
| nickname =
▲|colonel_of_the_regiment=
| motto =
▲|colonel_of_the_regiment_label=
| colors =
| colors_label = ▼
| march = ''New Colonial''▼
| mascot =
▲|colors_label=
| battles =
▲|march=''New Colonial''
| notable_commanders = ▼
| identification_symbol = [[File:MPS TRF 2nd Pattern.svg|100px]]▼
| identification_symbol_label = [[Tactical Recognition Flash]]▼
▲|notable_commanders=
| anniversaries = ▼
▲|identification_symbol=[[File:MPS TRF 2nd Pattern.svg|100px]]
▲|identification_symbol_label=[[Tactical Recognition Flash]]
▲|anniversaries=
}}
The '''Military Provost Staff''' are the [[British Army]]'s specialists in custody and detention, providing advice inspection and surety within custodial establishments. The MPS form part of the [[Adjutant General's Corps]] and are based at the [[Military Corrective Training Centre]] (MCTC) in [[Colchester]], [[Essex]].
==History==
The '''Military Prison Staff Corps (MPSC)''' was formed in 1901 under Army Order 241.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/military-provost-staff-corps|title=Military Prison Staff Corps|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref> When initially formed as the MPSC, the corps were based in strategical footholds all over the world. As of 2023 the MPS regiment only retains the following custody facilities:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/adjutant-generals-corps/provost/|title=Provost Marshal|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref>
* The Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC), Colchester.
* Service Custody Facility (SCF) South, Bulford.
* SCF North, Catterick.
* SCF Scotland, Edinburgh.
* SCF NI, NI.
* SCF Midlands and Wales, Stafford.
* Camp Tapa SCF, Estonia.
* BATUS SCF, Canada.
In 2022, Conservative MP, [[Will Quince]], signed up to be a reservist in the corps.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/20255051.colchester-mp-will-quince-signs-army-reservist| title=Colchester MP Will Quince signs up as Army reservist|date=6 July 2022
|publisher=Colchester Gazette |access-date=9 May 2022}}</ref>
== MPS Regiment ==
In December 2015,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-05-17|title=An Overview of the
* Regimental Headquarters, at Berechurch Hall Camp, [[Colchester Garrison]]<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|date=22 November 2018|title=Army, Question for Ministry of Defence — current Order of Battle by manpower and basing locations for the corps.|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616
** Headquarters Company
** No. 1 Company (Army Reserve)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":66">{{Cite web|date=6 July 2020|title=Information regarding locations of Army Reserve units|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/664382/response/1596315/attach/3/20200706%20FOI05506%20Arbeely%20Response%20Letter%20ArmySec.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1
** SCF Company
** Detention Company
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