Prisons: Ethnic Groups

(asked on 3rd October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many BAME prisoners were held at (a) HMP Parc and (b) HMP Cardiff prison under (i) remand and (ii) sentence following decisions by courts outside of Wales in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
This question was answered on 8th October 2019

The below table indicates non white (includes prisoners with ‘not stated’ and ‘not recorded’ ethnicities) prisoners in HMPs Cardiff and Parc with an associated court outside of Wales (includes prisoners with ‘Court not recorded’).

30/06/2015

30/06/2016

30/06/2017

30/06/2018

30/06/2019

Total

75

60

105

71

87

Of which:

Remand

11

7

15

5

7

Sentenced

62

46

85

60

74

Non-Criminal

2

7

5

6

6

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