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A–D category: Not yet verified.
Predominant function (2025/26): Category C Trainer/Resettlement
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.
21 July 2025
Report on an independent review of progress at HMP Rochester by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 2–4 June 2025. The appointment of a permanent governor early in 2025 seemed to have created more structure at Rochester, and the leadership team was beginning to work collectively…
12 November 2024
On the site of the UK’s first borstal, and with some accommodation dating back to the late 19th century, HMP Rochester in Kent is a training and resettlement prison for up to 766 adult men. The addition of the adjacent former young offender institution, Cookham…
2 September 2024
Urgent Notification letter, issued on 30 August 2024. Debriefing paper for the inspection of HMP Rochester by HM Inspectorate of Prisons 12th to 22nd August 2024 This paper represents the material presented at the full inspection debrief by HM Inspectorate of Prisons. The material and…
8 November 2022
Report on an independent review of progress at HMP/YOI Rochester by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (20-22 September 2022) Report on an independent review of progress at HMP/YOI Rochester by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 20–22 September 2022 Contents Section 1 Chief Inspector’s summary.............................................................. 3…
9 February 2022
HMP and YOI Rochester, the original borstal, is a category C training and resettlement prison for adult men and young offenders in Kent. When we last inspected in 2017, the prison was in a state of flux, with plans to close it just rescinded. At…
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