Prison Sentences
(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days is for which offenders are incarcerated in each prison in England and Wales.
Table 1: Average time1 served by offenders released from determinate sentences2, by final establishment, between January to March, 2017.
Establishment | Average (mean) time served | Average (median) time served |
Males | 382 | 148 |
Altcourse | 139 | 61 |
Ashfield | 1,497 | 1,306 |
Aylesbury | 950 | 912 |
Belmarsh | 302 | 109 |
Buckley Hall | 1,109 | 1,109 |
Bedford | 173 | 47 |
Bristol | 171 | 63 |
Birmingham | 118 | 59 |
Bullingdon | 232 | 84 |
Bure | 833 | 750 |
Brinsford | 229 | 83 |
Brixton | 766 | 535 |
Chelmsford | 150 | 74 |
Cardiff | 110 | 55 |
Cookham Wood | 209 | 151 |
Coldingley | 919 | 515 |
Channings Wood | 547 | 381 |
Dartmoor | 787 | 484 |
Dovegate | 582 | 182 |
Durham | 143 | 62 |
Doncaster | 173 | 72 |
Deerbolt | 302 | 292 |
Erlestoke | 913 | 799 |
Standford Hill (Sheppey cluster) | 1,094 | 911 |
Exeter | 87 | 48 |
Elmley (Sheppey cluster) | 294 | 89 |
Forest Bank | 225 | 78 |
Ford | 853 | 728 |
Frankland | 3,269 | 3,269 |
Feltham | 348 | 273 |
Featherstone | 743 | 557 |
Garth | 2,346 | 2,346 |
Guys Marsh | 435 | 274 |
Glen Parva | 298 | 217 |
Hollesley Bay | 673 | 499 |
Huntercombe | 477 | 241 |
Hatfield | 1,030 | 913 |
Hewell | 254 | 66 |
Holme House | 290 | 128 |
Hindley | 733 | 464 |
Hull | 200 | 84 |
Humber | 440 | 243 |
High Down | 290 | 90 |
Highpoint (North and South) | 735 | 494 |
Haverigg | 524 | 419 |
Isis | 555 | 388 |
Isle of Wight | 957 | 863 |
Kirkham | 692 | 420 |
Kirklevington Grange | 669 | 413 |
Leicester | 408 | 81 |
Leeds | 298 | 90 |
Lancaster Farms | 625 | 471 |
Lowdham Grange | 1,737 | 1,355 |
Lindholme | 1,128 | 994 |
Lincoln | 315 | 70 |
Liverpool | 237 | 74 |
Littlehey | 1,015 | 906 |
Lewes | 235 | 55 |
Leyhill | 901 | 728 |
Moorland | 649 | 364 |
Manchester | 252 | 74 |
Maidstone | 438 | 289 |
Mount | 791 | 617 |
Northumberland | 625 | 441 |
Nottingham | 255 | 78 |
North Sea Camp | 656 | 414 |
Norwich | 206 | 76 |
Onley | 769 | 536 |
Oakwood | 581 | 364 |
Peterborough3 | 269 | 90 |
Portland | 445 | 315 |
Preston | 171 | 62 |
Parc | 495 | 274 |
Pentonville | 223 | 67 |
Rochester | 418 | 274 |
Rye Hill | 2,060 | 2,060 |
Ranby | 623 | 365 |
Risley | 580 | 365 |
Stafford | 982 | 912 |
Stoke Heath | 718 | 422 |
Stocken | 1,066 | 912 |
Swaleside (Sheppey cluster) | 1,477 | 1,582 |
Swinfen Hall | 842 | 836 |
Grendon/Spring Hill | 732 | 543 |
Sudbury | 629 | 413 |
Swansea | 121 | 60 |
Thorn Cross | 925 | 871 |
Thameside | 530 | 274 |
Usk | 156 | 156 |
Prescoed | 777 | 473 |
Winchester | 197 | 69 |
Wakefield | 2,653 | 2,432 |
Wealstun | 635 | 421 |
Woodhill | 172 | 88 |
Wayland | 770 | 570 |
Wymott | 1,125 | 750 |
Werrington | 239 | 182 |
Wormwood Scrubs | 330 | 104 |
Whatton | 1,096 | 728 |
Wandsworth | 242 | 65 |
Wetherby | 203 | 149 |
Females | 157 | 62 |
Askham Grange | 371 | 322 |
Bronzefield | 101 | 48 |
Drake Hall | 325 | 230 |
Downview | 268 | 179 |
East Sutton Park | 390 | 247 |
Eastwood Park | 100 | 60 |
Foston Hall | 103 | 51 |
Low Newton | 182 | 83 |
New Hall | 175 | 69 |
Peterborough3 | 86 | 48 |
Send | 610 | 465 |
Styal | 135 | 55 |
- As the basis for calculation here is days, rather than months, values will differ slightly from published figures.
- Excludes deportees.
- HMP & YOI Peterborough is a dual purpose prison for men and women.
Data sources and quality
The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.