Prisons: Civil Disorder
(asked on 9th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there have been for the offence of prison mutiny in each of the last five years.
Disruptive behaviour has no place in prison and we take swift and robust action against anyone who attempts any kind of disorder. All serious incidents are referred to the police for prosecution.
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of offences related to prison mutiny in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 can be viewed in the table.
| Defendants proceeded against at magistartes courts and found guilty at all courts of offences relating to prison mutiny(1), England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 (2)(3) | |||||
| Outcome | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Proceeded against | # | # | - | 7 | - |
| Found guilty | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| '-' = Nil | |||||
| '#' - prosecution statistics for this offence for these years collected as part of a miscellaneous grouping and can only be separately identified at dispropotionate cost | |||||
| (1) An offence under S1 Prison Security Act 1992 | |||||
| (2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | |||||
| (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||||
| Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | |||||
| Ref: PQ 217818 | |||||
Please note, however, that proceedings data for 2009 and 2010 are part of a miscellaneous grouping, which can only be separately identified at disproportionate cost.
Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice