Prisons: Coronavirus
(asked on 30th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2020 to Question 49084 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many (a) cases of covid-19 and (b) covid-19 related deaths there have been in each prison in England and Wales as of 6 July 2020; and if he will publish that data on a weekly basis.
The Government has put robust measures in place to protect staff and offenders from Covid-19 and introduce ‘compartmentalisation’, to isolate those prisoners with symptoms, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals.
Overall, prisons are seeing a decline in the numbers of new cases. The data in the table below shows the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases broken down by prison as of Friday 19 June 2020. These figures reflect the total number of recorded positive cases of Covid-19 since the first confirmed cases in mid-March, not the number of live cases. It includes individuals that have recovered.
The numbers reported will be affected by a number of variables, including the availability of testing locally which can result in differences between sites and regions and as self-reported (for staff) through HMPPS management lines for central collation.
Prison | Staff cases | Prisoner cases |
Altcourse | 24 | 14 |
Askham Grange | 4 | 0 |
Aylesbury | 4 | 0 |
Bedford | 6 | ~ |
Belmarsh | 12 | 7 |
Berwyn | 33 | 41 |
Birmingham | 22 | ~ |
Brinsford | 22 | 5 |
Bristol | ~ | 0 |
Brixton | 0 | ~ |
Bronzefield | 6 | ~ |
Buckley Hall | ~ | ~ |
Bullingdon | ~ | 0 |
Bure | ~ | 0 |
Cardiff | 24 | 22 |
Channings Wood | 14 | 9 |
Chelmsford | 10 | ~ |
Coldingley | 5 | ~ |
Dartmoor | ~ | ~ |
Deerbolt | 8 | ~ |
Doncaster | 12 | 9 |
Dovegate | 9 | ~ |
Downview | 4 | 0 |
Drake Hall | 25 | 41 |
Durham | 49 | 4 |
Eastwood Park | ~ | 0 |
Elmley | 6 | ~ |
Erlestoke | ~ | ~ |
Featherstone | ~ | ~ |
Ford | ~ | ~ |
Forest Bank | 5 | 5 |
Foston Hall | ~ | ~ |
Frankland | 12 | ~ |
Full Sutton | 4 | 0 |
Garth | 7 | 0 |
Gartree | 25 | 10 |
Grendon/Spring Hill | 0 | ~ |
Hatfield | ~ | ~ |
Haverigg | ~ | 6 |
Hewell | 42 | 9 |
High Down | 14 | ~ |
Highpoint | 12 | ~ |
Hindley | 10 | ~ |
Hollesley Bay | ~ | ~ |
Holme House | 23 | 16 |
Hull | ~ | 0 |
Humber | 41 | 10 |
Huntercombe | ~ | ~ |
Isis | 4 | 6 |
Isle of Wight | ~ | 0 |
Kirkham | 5 | ~ |
Kirklevington Grange | ~ | 0 |
Leeds | 4 | ~ |
Leicester | 6 | 5 |
Lewes | ~ | 0 |
Lincoln | ~ | 4 |
Lindholme | 10 | 0 |
Littlehey | 9 | 6 |
Liverpool | 20 | ~ |
Long Lartin | ~ | ~ |
Low Newton | 0 | ~ |
Lowdham Grange | ~ | 0 |
Maidstone | ~ | ~ |
Manchester | 19 | 20 |
Moorland | ~ | ~ |
Morton Hall (IRC) | ~ | 0 |
Mount | 9 | 5 |
New Hall | ~ | 5 |
North Sea Camp | ~ | 0 |
Northumberland | 14 | ~ |
Norwich | 6 | 0 |
Nottingham | ~ | 0 |
Oakwood | 25 | 20 |
Onley | 17 | 7 |
Parc | 6 | 7 |
Pentonville | 15 | 4 |
Peterborough (male) | 16 | ~ |
Preston | 43 | 18 |
Ranby | 8 | 5 |
Risley | 20 | 16 |
Rye Hill | 6 | ~ |
Send | ~ | 0 |
Stafford | 5 | 0 |
Standford Hill | 0 | ~ |
Stocken | 13 | ~ |
Stoke Heath | ~ | 4 |
Styal | ~ | 0 |
Sudbury | ~ | ~ |
Swaleside | ~ | 0 |
Swansea | 10 | 12 |
Swinfen Hall | 5 | 6 |
Thameside | ~ | 10 |
Thorn Cross | ~ | 0 |
Usk/Prescoed | 17 | 19 |
Verne | ~ | 0 |
Wakefield | ~ | 4 |
Wandsworth | ~ | 11 |
Wealstun | ~ | 0 |
Whatton | 0 | ~ |
Whitemoor | 10 | 6 |
Winchester | 23 | 4 |
Woodhill | 23 | 0 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 14 | 6 |
Wymott | 14 | 15 |
TOTAL | 972 | 499 |
Notes
- Only prison establishments are included in this table and not Young Offenders Institutions, Secure Training Centres or Secure Children’s Homes.
- The symbol ~ denotes suppressed values of 3 or fewer to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.
The table below shows the number of prisoners who have sadly died and Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause. This data is correct as of Friday 19 June and is broken down by prison.
Prison | Number of prisoner deaths |
Altcourse | 2 |
Bedford | 1 |
Belmarsh | 1 |
Berwyn | 1 |
Channings Wood | 2 |
Durham | 1 |
Gartree | 1 |
Leicester | 1 |
Littlehey | 3 |
Low Newton | 1 |
Manchester | 1 |
New Hall | 1 |
Oakwood | 1 |
Peterborough | 1 |
Rye Hill | 1 |
Sudbury | 1 |
Usk | 1 |
Whatton | 1 |
Winchester | 1 |
Total | 23 |
Notes
- Data for prisoner deaths represents individuals where Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause.
The table below shows the number of prison staff who have sadly died having tested positive for Covid-19. This data is correct as of Friday 19 June and is broken down by prison.
Prison | Number of prison staff deaths |
Hollesley Bay | 1 |
Dovegate | 1 |
Manchester | 1 |
Pentonville | 2 |
Thameside | 1 |
Usk | 1 |
Wymott | 2 |
Total | 9 |
Notes
- Data for staff deaths represents individuals that have been confirmed as having Covid-19, though it is not necessarily the cause of death.
The Ministry of Justice has started publishing a weekly release of Covid-19 related statistics. This includes confirmed Covid-19 cases in prisoners and children in custody; and deaths among prisoners and children in custody where Covid-19 is suspected to be the cause. These statistics provide total numbers across England and Wales, we do not plan to publish these statistics at an establishment level.
The statistics release can be found here each Friday:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics