Prisons: Smuggling

(asked on 3rd September 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers by length of service of (a) less than 6 months, (b) between 6 months and 12 months and (c) more than 12 months have been (i) dismissed, (ii) excluded, (iii) convicted and (iv) cautioned by the police for smuggling contraband into prisons in each year since 2010.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 11th September 2018

The vast majority of prison staff undertake their duties with honesty and integrity. However, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to investigating and eliminating corruption to ensure prisons are a safe and secure environment for staff, prisoners and visitors.

The requested data is in the table below. This data does not include non-directly employed staff, Prison Custody Officers or other staff employed in the private estate. An asterisk (*) has been used to suppress values of five or less. This is to prevent disclosure of individual information in accordance with our statutory obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Outcome

Length of service

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Total

Dismissals

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

23

6 - 12 months

> 12 months

Exclusions

0

0

0

0

0

*

0

0

0

6 - 12 months

> 12 months

Convictions

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

*

23

6 - 12 months

0

*

> 12 months

7

6

Police Cautions

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

14

6 - 12 months

0

> 12 months

7

Total Number of staff

8

8

10

15

6

3

10

11

71

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