FOI Ref: FOI/2021/2932
You asked
I would like to find out how many incidents have there been at HMP Thameside involving prisoners throwing boiling hot water from a kettle at another prisoner or a member of staff between 2010 to date (2021).
If this information cannot be accessed for just HMP Thameside, then the London figure that involves prisoners throwing boiling hot water from a kettle at another prisoner or a member of staff between 2010 to date (2021).
We said
Thank you for your query.
The Office for National Statistics does not produce statistics or have access to data on incidents involving prisoners and prison staff.
However, you may be interested in the Safety in Custody summary tables, March 2021, published by the Ministry of Justice. Specifically, tables 8a to 8f include data on prisoner assaults and staff assaults by month, year and prison. However, these tables do not go into a detailed breakdown of assault type.
If you have any further questions the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) may be best placed to answer them as the data owners. They can be contacted at the following email address: ESD@justice.gov.uk
If you have any other crime-related queries you can email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.