Prisoners: Islam
(asked on 2nd December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Muslim prisoners there are in England and Wales.
This question was answered on 5th December 2014
Information on the number of offenders in prison by self-declared religion (including Islam) in England and Wales is published routinely in the ‘Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin’ and can be found in Table 1.5. Copies of the publication are available from the Library of the House and via the following link:
Please note that the religion of prisoners is self declared and prisoners are under no obligation to declare their religion.