Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have been in special measures in each month since 2010.
As a result of a proactive performance and assurance framework set up to manage public sector prisons, those identified in need of support are being placed in special measures. This is a relatively new process and the number of prisons subject to special measures has increased gradually as support processes have been developed.
The table below shows the of prisons placed in special measures since the process commenced in 2016:
NUMBER OF PRISONS IN SPECIAL MEASURE BY MONTH | ||
Year | Month | Number of prisons |
2016 | September | 1 |
| October | 1 |
| November | 1 |
| December | 2 |
2017 | January | 4 |
| February | 4 |
| March | 4 |
| April | 5 |
| May | 5 |
| June | 5 |
| July | 6 |
| August | 6 |
| September | 6 |
| October | 6 |
| November | 7 |
| December | 10 |
2018 | January | 10 |