Open Prisons
(asked on 29th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many places in category D prisons in England and Wales were occupied by prisoners in each month since January 2013.
Progression to open prisons is never automatic, and prisoners must generally be within two years of release before they can be considered for allocation. Public protection is paramount, only those prisoners who are assessed as low risk of escape/abscond and low risk of causing harm to the public are transferred to an open prison.
The following table shows the number of category D places that were available and occupied by prisoners in open prisons in England and Wales as at the last Friday in each month since January 2013. This information is published monthly on gov.uk
The data above does not include the number of places available and in use in category D units in otherwise closed prisons.
Breakdown of the population and capacity of the dedicated open estate from
January 2013 to October 2015.
Month | Capacity | Population |
Jan-13 | 5,131 | 4,933 |
Feb-13 | 5,131 | 4,953 |
Mar-13 | 5,131 | 4,982 |
Apr-13 | 5,131 | 4,993 |
May-13 | 5,131 | 4,988 |
Jun-13 | 5,131 | 4,981 |
Jul-13 | 5,131 | 4,988 |
Aug-13 | 5,131 | 4,994 |
Sep-13 | 5,131 | 4,990 |
Oct-13 | 5,131 | 5,005 |
Nov-13 | 5,203 | 5,048 |
Dec-13 | 5,217 | 4,993 |
Jan-14 | 5,217 | 4,932 |
Feb-14 | 5,217 | 4,994 |
Mar-14 | 5,217 | 5,037 |
Apr-14 | 5,339 | 5,159 |
May-14 | 5,339 | 5,122 |
Jun-14 | 5,339 | 5,087 |
Jul-14 | 5,339 | 5,082 |
Aug-14 | 5,374 | 5,011 |
Sep-14 | 5,374 | 4,943 |
Oct-14 | 5,397 | 4,846 |
Nov-14 | 5,397 | 4,814 |
Dec-14 | 5,397 | 4,759 |
Jan-15 | 5,405 | 4,666 |
Feb-15 | 5,329 | 4,680 |
Mar-15 | 5,131 | 4,691 |
Apr-15 | 5,453 | 4,922 |
May-15 | 5,468 | 4,876 |
Jun-15 | 5,544 | 5,020 |
Jul-15 | 5,569 | 5,019 |
Aug-15 | 5,569 | 5,062 |
Sep-15 | 5,520 | 5,076 |
Oct-15 | 5,550 | 5,127 |