Prisons: Wales
(asked on 28th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons were women who (a) gave a North Wales address and (b) were sentenced by a North Wales court were held in each year since 2010.
The following table shows the number of female prisoners who have a reported home address in North Wales, in each September since 2010.
Table showing the Number and Location of Female Prisoners who have a Reported Home Address in North Wales, in each September since 2010. | |||||
Prison | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Askham Grange |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Bronzefield |
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| 1 |
Downview |
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Drake Hall | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
East Sutton Park |
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| 2 |
Eastwood Park |
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Foston Hall |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Low Newton |
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| 3 |
Morton Hall | 1 |
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New Hall | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
Peterborough (Female) | 1 | 1 |
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Styal | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 |
Total | 11 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 21 |
The following table shows the number and location of female prisoners sentenced at a court in North Wales, in each September since 2010.
Table Showing the Number and location of Female Prisoners Sentenced at a Court in North Wales, in each September since 2010. | |||||
Prison | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Askham Grange |
| 1 | 1 |
| 4 |
Bronzefield |
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| 1 | 2 |
Downview | 1 |
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Drake Hall | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
East Sutton Park |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Eastwood Park |
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| 1 |
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Foston Hall |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Low Newton |
| 1 |
| 1 | 4 |
Morton Hall | 2 |
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New Hall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Peterborough (Female) | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 |
Styal | 16 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 13 |
Total | 29 | 20 | 29 | 35 | 32 |
In January 2013, the Justice Secretary commissioned a review of the Women’s Custodial Estate. The review was published on 25 October 2013 and recommended that the women’s prison estate be reconfigured to make sure that women are held closer to home with access to the right interventions and with opportunities for meaningful resettlement. This includes women from Wales.
No address has been recorded and no court information is available for around 3% of all offenders, and therefore these figures are excluded from the answer. Information on offenders' addresses is provided by them on reception in prison and recorded on a central IT system. Reported addresses can include a home address, an address to which offenders intend to return on discharge or the address of their next of kin.
Note: North Wales is defined here as the area covered by North Wales Police. Those sentenced at a North Wales court may also have a reported home address in North Wales and in this case would appear in both tables.