Berwyn Prison

(asked on 22nd November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults by prisoners on staff at HM Prison Berwyn have been dealt with by internal disciplinary hearings since that prison opened in Spring 2017.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 28th November 2017

We take crime in prison extremely seriously. All allegations of assault by prisoners are investigated, and rigorous action is taken against the perpetrators. Serious assaults are referred to the Police for criminal investigation. We do not hold data on how many such incidents are recorded as crimes.

HMP Berwyn opened on 28 February 2017. The figures in the table below cover the period to June 2017, which is the latest for which data is available. “Adjudication” refers to cases dealt with through internal prisoner disciplinary hearings.

Prisoner assaulted member of staff

Prisoner assaulted another prisoner

Adjudication

8

2

Referred to Police

1

0

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