Skip to content

Table of contents

  1. What we found

All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated.

To view this licence, visit:
https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3

or write to:
Information Policy Team,
The National Archives,
Kew,
London TW9 4DU

or email: psi@nationalarchives.gov.uk.

This publication is available at:
https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk.

© Crown copyright

HMP Thameside

Published:
Open document

Thameside IRP (2026) web (PDF, 706.3 KB)

What we found (Back to top)

New leaders had begun to drive progress. Improvements in health care were particularly noteworthy, the quality of teaching was better, and there were more effective processes to allocate men to activities. Support for those at risk of self-harm was more robust. However, there was still too much violence in the prison, with too many serious incidents, and drugs were still too easily available.

Points to note: Funding for enhanced gate security had yet to be agreed, too few staff searches were carried out, and not enough prisoner drug tests were completed in response to intelligence.