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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Reception
Ministry of Justice performance classification. This describes the stated performance year, not a current A–D category or the categories of every prisoner.
Monthly snapshot: 24 August 2026
Operational capacity is the capacity reported for this prison in the same monthly bulletin.
Official monthly spreadsheet · Ministry of Justice publication
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Location information checked 13 September 2026.
30 March 2026
the inspection in 2025. The drugs problem was being tackled by better use of security intelligence, more effective window grilles and improved support for prisoners. An extensive refurbishment programme had improved living conditions and work to improve teaching and promote literacy was underway. Points to…
16 June 2025
National prison population pressures and the ingress of large quantities of drugs carried on drones were affecting outcomes in many areas for prisoners at this busy, Isle of Sheppey, reception prison. Over the last year, the deputy governor had led Elmley after the departure of…
3 April 2023
we found that outcomes continued to be not sufficiently good in all four of our healthy prison tests. 1.4 At this independent review of progress, we assessed progress against the 11 key recommendations for improvement, including four themes identified by Ofsted. Our findings were mostly…
21 June 2022
HMP Elmley is a Category B reception and category C training prison located on the Isle of Sheppey. The category C prisoners, which made up 45% of the population, were housed on a separate wing. The relationships between staff and prisoners were better than we…
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