Source · IMB Annual Report
Holme House
Year: 2025
Published: 19 May 2026
Type: Prison · Cat B
Key concerns
Positive findings
HMP Holme House was reclassified to a category B reception, training and resettlement prison in January 2025. The re-role has impacted all aspects of the prison’s routine and operating protocols. There has been a shift in key safety metrics, including an increase in prisoner-on-prisoner assaults and an increase in the use of force.
Safety statistics
| Indicator | This year | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths in custody | 7 | 7 |
| Self-harm incidents | 807 | 937 |
| ACCT cases opened | 913 | 632 |
| Prisoner assaults | 394 | 317 |
| Assaults on staff | 125 | 90 |
| Use of force | 1,037 | 809 |
Positive findings
The Board observed that the planning and implementation work of all staff teams in the run up to the reclassification meant that the transition was very well delivered, given the high level of complexity involved and the tight timescales that it was delivered within. The newly installed CCTV in the recently upgrade reception area is of a far higher standard, which aids in scrutinising incidents that happen in that area. Overall decency scores have improved during the year.
Key concerns
- Problems associated with drug abuse continue to be significant for the prison.
- Just under 18% of the expected key worker sessions were achieved.
- Delays in occupational health assessments were caused by delays to therapists being approved and vetted to enter the prison.
- The impact of the prison holding remand prisoners and having far greater ‘churn’ has detrimentally affected the delivery of prisoner employment activities.
Related inspections & investigations
6 Mar 2023
HMIP · Unannounced
Safety 3
· Respect 4
· Activity 2
· Release 3
Other reports for Holme House
Report details
- Establishment
- Holme House
- Type
- Prison · Cat B
- Report year
- 2025
- Published
- 19 May 2026
- Responsible body
- HMP Holme House
- MoJ rating (2024/25)
- 3 — Good
Population
| Operational capacity | 1,173 |
| CNA (designed for) | 1,006 |