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Contacting HMP Thameside

Key contacts and information on visiting and contacting a prisoner.

Getting to HMP Thameside

HMP Thameside
Griffin Manorway
Thamesmead
London
SE28 0FJ

Tel: 020 8317 9777

 

Concerned about a prisoner?

If you are concerned about the safety, health or wellbeing of a prisoner, please contact us in the following ways:

Safer Custody hotline voicemail box: 020 8317 5593 or

Email: [email protected]

Please be aware, these accounts are only accessed at irregular intervals between the hours of 08:30 – 17:00 Monday to Friday

Out of hours and weekends or for urgent issues please contact our main telephone number: 020 8317 9777. This will allow you to be diverted to the most suitable area to manage your query.

Alternatively, you can submit a concern online via our Safer Custody portal.


Application for Writ of Habeus Corpus

If you are a legal team intending to serve an Application for Writ of Habeus Corpus, please ensure that all correspondence and formal documentation are directed to [email protected], with a copy sent to the Director, Jonathon Bratt, [email protected], Deputy Director Stephen Lorimer, [email protected], and Duty Director group [email protected]. This process is required to ensure that all legal notices are received, logged, and handled promptly and appropriately. Any legal related documents not submitted through these channels may experience delays in processing.


External Complaints

Complaints can be submitted in writing to the Team; Correspondence Team, HMP Thameside, Griffin Manor Way, London SE28 0FJ If you are unable to contact us by post, you may send your complaint via email instead [email protected]. Please note that if you are submitting correspondence on behalf of a prisoner, we are only able to investigate the matter once we have received signed consent from the prisoner. This consent must clearly state the specific information the prisoner agrees to share with you. Without this explicit, signed authorisation, we will be unable to progress the complaint.