Prison Sentences
(asked on 2nd March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions additional days of imprisonment were awarded in each prison in each year since 2010; and how many days in total were awarded in each prison in that same period.
Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe, decent and rehabilitative custodial environment. They are provided for by The Prison Rules 1999 and the Young Offender Institution Rules 2000, which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly. Independent Adjudicators are District Judges or Deputy District Judges who attend prisons and young offender institutions when necessary to hear those adjudication cases which are deemed to be sufficiently serious. If found guilty, such cases may merit an award of additional days to a person’s time spent in custody. Only Independent Adjudicators can make an award of additional days. The most serious offences will be referred to the Police.
Information on the number of occasions additional days were awarded to prisoners in each prison, as a result of an adjudication, between 2010 and 2015 can be found in the attached table. It also provides information on the total number of days awarded in each prison for the same period.
Information on adjudication punishments at each prison for 2017 is due to be published on 26 April 2018 and therefore is not available yet. Information for 2016 is available in the published Offender Management Statistics bulletin by selecting CSV dataset and variable guide (zip) and Punishments2016.csv at the following link: