Berwyn Prison
(asked on 21st December 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prison officers they plan to recruit for the new HM Prison Wrexham; and whether this number is included in their estimate of 8000 officers to be recruited by 2018.
This question was answered on 1st February 2017
The overall agreed Band 3 – 5 prison officer number for Berwyn when fully open is 438 which is part of the overall 8,000 we plan to recruit. This will be subject to on-going review once the prison is fully open.
Prison Officer recruitment at HMP Berwyn has been ongoing since early 2015. We are on track to recruit the staff we need in readiness to open the prison next month.