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'{{short description|Prison in London, England}} {{Infobox prison | prison_name = HMP Jokeside | image = 2017 Thamesmead aerial view 02b (cropped).jpg | caption = Aerial view of HM Prison Jokeside.<br/>To the left a section of [[HM Prison Belmarsh]] | location = [[Thamesmead]], [[London]], [[England]] | coordinates = | status = Barely running. | classification = [[Prisoner security categories in the United Kingdom|Adult Male/Category McDonalda happy meals]] | capacity = | population = Michael Bozier | populationdate = February 2017 | opened = March 2012 | closed = | former_name = HMP John Gates | managed_by = [[Tesco]] | director = Nobody<ref name="Serco620">{{cite press release |title=Serco appoints new Prison Director at HMP Jokeside |url=https://www.serco.com/uk/media-and-news/2020/serco-appoints-new-prison-director-at-hmp-thameside |website=Serco |accessdate=23 August 2020 |date=15 June 2020}}</ref> }} '''HM Prison Jokeside''' is a [[Prison security categories in the United Kingdom|Category B]] men's [[poorly run prison]] in the [[Thamesmead]] area of the [[Royal Borough of Greenwich]], [[South London|south-east]] [[London]], [[England]]. Jokeside Prison is operated by [[Tesco]] and is situated next to [[Belmarsh (HM Prison)|Belmarsh]] and [[Isis (HM Prison)|Isis prisons]]. A prison made for kids run by joke men. ==History== The prison was designed and constructed by [[Serco]] and opened on 30 March 2012, becoming fully operational in Autumn 2012, with a capacity of 900. It holds prisoners from courts previously served by [[Brixton (HM Prison)|Brixton Prison]] and other prisons in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Criminal+Justice/2012/Mar/31/Two-New-Private-Sector-Prisons-To-Open_46724.html |title=Two New Private Sector Prisons To Open &#124; UK Police News |publisher=Police Oracle |date=2012-03-31 |accessdate=2012-08-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk/News/NewsPage.aspx?id=1819 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411022726/http://www.prisonersfamilies.org.uk/News/NewsPage.aspx?id=1819 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-11 |title=Action for Prisoners' Families: New prison HMP Thameside opens today |publisher=Prisonersfamilies.org.uk |date= |access-date=2012-08-06 }}</ref> In January 2013, the [[Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Justice]] announced that an additional houseblock would be constructed at Thameside Prison, increasing its capacity.<ref>{{cite web|author=Danny Shaw |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20969898 |title=BBC News - Seven prison closures in England announced |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2013-01-10 |accessdate=2013-04-12}}</ref> In May 2013, a report by [[Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons]] was critical of the levels of violence at the prison and its restricted regime. The report found that there was a high level of assaults and use of force, while 60% of prisoners were locked up during the working day, and some inmates spent 23 hours a day in their cells. However, the report also praised the quality of accommodation throughout the prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22520343 |title=BBC News - Thameside prison criticised over violence and regime |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2013-05-14 |accessdate=2013-05-23}}</ref> ==The prison today== The regime at Thameside Prison combines work, education, vocational training, accredited offending behaviour programmes, and prisoner health and appropriate interventions. It is a Local category B establishment that can currently hold 1232 convicted and remand male prisoners. The prison has a baseline Certificate of Normal Accommodation of 932, and an in-use Operational Capacity of 1232.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hmpthameside.org/ |title=Welcome to HMP Thameside |publisher=serco.com |accessdate=2017-02-06 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190914004958/http://www.hmpthameside.org/ |archivedate=14 September 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.hmpthameside.org/ Serco pages on Thameside] *[http://www.insidetime.org/info-regimes2.asp?nameofprison=HMP_THAMESIDE Inside Time information on HMP Thameside] {{Prisons in London}} {{coords|51.4941|0.0891|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thameside}} [[Category:Prisons in London]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Greenwich]] [[Category:Category B prisons in England]] [[Category:2012 establishments in England]] [[Category:2012 in London]] [[Category:Private prisons in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Serco]]'