Prisoners: Death
(asked on 22nd May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have died in custody while under an imprisonment for public protection sentence broken down by the number of years they were over tariff.
The information requested is set out below.
Time over tariff | Number of deceased offenders |
within tariff | 45 |
less than 1 year | 14 |
1 - 2 years | 13 |
2 - 3 years | 13 |
3 - 4 years | 11 |
4 - 5 years | 8 |
5 - 6 years | 18 |
6 - 7 years | 17 |
7 - 8 years | 4 |
8 - 9 years | 3 |
9 - 10 years | 4 |
10 - 11 years | 0 |
11 - 12 years | 1 |
tariff not recorded | 6 |
“Over tariff” means the offender died in custody after his or her tariff expiry date, having never been released. It therefore excludes offenders who died after having been released on licence and recalled to custody.
HMPPS focuses on giving offenders serving IPP sentences the support, opportunities and motivation they need to progress more quickly so that, when the Parole Board reviews a case, offenders have the best possible prospect for securing release. A key part of the joint IPP action plan, co-owned by the Parole Board and HMPPS, is psychology-led reviews of cases that are not progressing as hoped. Part of the purpose of these reviews is to improve offenders’ engagement with their sentence plans, and to provide support to in relation to any issues that may be hindering their progression.