Prisons: Overcrowding
(asked on 11th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in excess of Certified Normal Accommodation there have been in the prison estate in each of the last five years; and what estimate the Government has made of that number in each of the next five years.
Information on how many prisoners in excess of Certified Normal Accommodation there have been in the prison estate in England and Wales in each of the last five years is set out in the following table. This information can also be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics We do not forecast CNA levels.
Month | In Use Certified Normal Accommodation | Population | Prisoners in excess of In Use Certified Normal Accommodation |
June 2012 | 79,450 | 86,352 | 6,902 |
June 2013 | 77,730 | 83,796 | 6,066 |
June 2014 | 76,017 | 85,582 | 9,565 |
June 2015 | 77,220 | 86,028 | 8,808 |
June 2016 | 76,819 | 85,130 | 8,311 |
June 2017 | 76,026 | 85,863 | 9,837 |
Note: CNA, or uncrowded capacity, is the HM Prison Service’s own measure of accommodation. CNA represents the good, decent standard of accommodation that the Service aspires to provide all prisoners.
We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts. Our reforms will close ageing and ineffective prisons and replace them with buildings fit for today’s demands. Our prison estate will have modern prison places that create the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitation outcomes.