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HM Prison Kirklevington Grange is a Category D men's prison, located in the village of Kirklevington (near Yarm), in North Yorkshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
Safety: The IMB consider that HMP Kirklevington Grange is a safe environment for both prisoners and staff. There were a small number of incidents throughout the reporting year, a small number of them were serious. 4.1 Intelligence gathering Security and intelligence information is submitted in the form of intelligence reports (IRs), which are categorised by subject. The analysis of IRs in 2025 in [...]
Respect: 5.1 Accommodation, clothing, food The accommodation at Kirklevington is basic and tired in places, with some men expressing disappointment in the facilities on arrival at a category D open establishment. Bathroom and shower facilities are rudimentary, and the shower enclosures are small. Cleaning appears to be carried out thoroughly, but the ageing flooring and fittings can make it difficult. [...]
Purposeful activity: Novus held the contract for the education provision at Kirklevington Grange. A new contract, Prison Education Service (PES), began in October 2025. The head of education and skills oversaw a manager, neurodiversity lead, three teachers and a learner support worker. Peer mentors changed frequently but were always available. Prisoners were in education for either five afternoon or five morning [...]
Preparation for release: A Governor led reducing reoffending with two supporting managers, covering two services - reducing reoffending services and reducing reoffending delivery. The head of management delivery and head of management services in the OMU oversaw staff who dealt with low to medium and high risk prisoners. The many changes to sentence policy, requiring early release of prisoners to create capacity in [...]
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The IMB consider that HMP Kirklevington Grange is a safe environment for both prisoners and staff. There were a small number of incidents throughout the reporting year, a small number of them were serious. 4.1 Intelligence gathering Security and intelligence information is submitted in the form of intelligence reports (IRs), which are categorised by subject. The analysis of IRs in 2025 in comparison to 2024 is shown in the table below. Change from Threat area 2025 2024 previous year UAL (unlawfully at large) 10 3 7 Abscond 1 0 1 Breach of ROTL (release on 81 106 -25 temporary licence) Drugs 453 483 -30 Mobile phones 63 91 -28 Other illicit articles 49 33 16 Serious and organised crime 19 20 -1 Violence 96 56 40 Safer custody 53 36 17 Order and stability 664 936 -272 Public protection 46 23 23 Sexual abuse 14 9 5 Race relations/extremism 3 9 -6 Extremism 4 0 4 Corruptors 0 0 0 0 Corruption Prevention 0 0 TOTAL 1556 1805 -249 *There has been a slight change in some of the categorisations during 2025 as collating systems have changed, but figures shown are collective figures for a particular section. 4.2 Reception and induction During the reporting year, there were 124 receptions into the prison from other establishments, compared with 301 in 2024. On arrival, each prisoner was given an 8 initial induction by officers in reception. This was followed up the next day with a more detailed explanation, done by an officer and a fellow prisoner, as well as a ‘tour’ of the [...]
Novus held the contract for the education provision at Kirklevington Grange. A new contract, Prison Education Service (PES), began in October 2025. The head of education and skills oversaw a manager, neurodiversity lead, three teachers and a learner support worker. Peer mentors changed frequently but were always available. Prisoners were in education for either five afternoon or five morning sessions a week, depending on their work and other commitments and 47 part time places for education were available. Education was given high priority and any absence robustly challenged. The curriculum consisted of Maths, English and life skills with digital skills, including online safety embedded into all these subjects. The programme supported a prison-wide focus on rehabilitation and sustainable employment outcomes. The opportunity to acquire cultural knowledge and skills was enriched by visits from theatre groups, film showings, visits to museums and discussions of current affairs and issues. Personal development opportunities are embedded alongside curriculum skills and knowledge to maximise reintegration into work and life outside prison. Initial assessments identified prisoners with additional learning needs and a new digital platform available to all staff offered suggested ways to support prisoners across the establishment. The platform also recognises the intended future work destinations and where possible matches this to internal prison work available. There were issues [...]
5.1 Accommodation, clothing, food The accommodation at Kirklevington is basic and tired in places, with some men expressing disappointment in the facilities on arrival at a category D open establishment. Bathroom and shower facilities are rudimentary, and the shower enclosures are small. Cleaning appears to be carried out thoroughly, but the ageing flooring and fittings can make it difficult. Funding was secured to do the following work: • ABCJ units shower/toilets to have a full refit • R Unit will receive new sinks and cladding on the walls • G Unit bath area will get a new floor along with wall cladding and an adjacent toilet on a new floor. • F Unit will also get a new floor in the toilet /shower area. There was paint programme in place on the main block using pastel and accented colours on the doors. Going forward the prison is looking to theme each unit with local countryside and landmarks. New appliances have been purchased for every kitchenette and the plan is to replace them every four months due to the use they get. A second pool table was acquired the association room so that it could be accessed after the main kitchen has closed in the evening. In an exit survey issued by the prison in 2025, completed by all prisoners on release, 75% of prisoners agreed or strongly agreed with the statement; “the quality of my living conditions is good in this prison.” Due to national prison population challenges, doubling up of 20 cells in the induction block had been necessary [...]
A Governor led reducing reoffending with two supporting managers, covering two services - reducing reoffending services and reducing reoffending delivery. The head of management delivery and head of management services in the OMU oversaw staff who dealt with low to medium and high risk prisoners. The many changes to sentence policy, requiring early release of prisoners to create capacity in higher security prisons, impacted in terms of the workload of these staff. It necessitated further training in recalculating sentences. All staff required this received the training and, the team dealt with this very efficiently. During the course of the year the temporary presumptive recategorisation scheme was instigated and there were 103 prisoners received on this status. Of these receptions 21 (20%) of them were subsequently returned to closed conditions prior to their release date. As a consequence of early transfers to an open establishment some prisoners had not completed courses to address offending behaviour. These courses were amalgamated in 2025 to create one new programme called ‘building better choices’. In the intervening period priority was given to men already in the community and it has proved impossible for prisoners at Kirklevington to access this course. An increased number of prisoners arrived with incomplete or basic offender assessment system (OASys) assessments, all of which increased demand upon Kirklevington staff to upgrade the information. The policy for home [...]
