Preston Prison
(asked on 9th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents in HM Prison Preston there were of batons being (a) drawn and (b) used each month in 2013 and 2014.
The drawing and use of a batons is an exceptional measure, and must be reasonable, proportionate and necessary in order to be justified. All cases where a baton is drawn are recorded even if the baton is not used.
The table below provides details of batons used at HMP Preston during 2013 and 2014.
Table 1: Details of baton use at HMP Preston, by month, January 2013 to December 2014
Month | Batons drawn but not used | Batons drawn and used |
Jan-13 | 0 | 0 |
Feb-13 | 0 | 0 |
Mar-13 | 0 | 0 |
Apr-13 | 0 | 0 |
May-13 | 0 | 0 |
Jun-13 | 0 | 0 |
Jul-13 | 0 | 0 |
Aug-13 | - | - |
Sep-13 | 1 | 1 |
Oct-13 | 1 | 0 |
Nov-13 | 2 | 0 |
Dec-13 | 0 | 0 |
Jan-14 | 1 | 0 |
Feb-14 | 1 | 0 |
Mar-14 | 0 | 0 |
Apr-14 | 2 | 0 |
May-14 | 0 | 0 |
Jun-14 | 0 | 0 |
Jul-14 | 0 | 0 |
Aug-14 | 0 | 0 |
Sep-14 | 0 | 0 |
Oct-14 | 0 | 0 |
Nov-14 | 6 | 2 |
Dec-14 | 2 | 0 |
Note to table
- Use of baton figures for August 2013 for HMP Preston are not available.
- The high number of cases of batons in Nov 2014 related to a single incident of concerted indiscipline, in which staff drew batons in order to defend themselves while bringing the situation to asafe resolution. There were no significant injuries reported.
- Figures relating to baton use are derived from an administrative system. Care is taken when processing and analysing the returns but the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.