Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to Question 137612 on Prisoners: Females, how many of the 2,271 sentenced women in prison for non-violent crimes received sentences of (a) less than 1 month, (b) less than 3 months, (c) less than 6 months, (d) less than 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
Pursuant to the answer to Question 137612, the number of women held in custody for non-violent crimes as at 31 March 2018, disaggregated according to sentence length is given below.
Sentenced female prison population by sentence length, non-violent crimes | ||
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Less than 1 month | 12 |
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1 month to less than 3 months | 110 |
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3 months to less than 6 months | 177 |
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6 months to less than 12 months | 170 |
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12 months or more | 1536 |
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Indeterminate sentence | 37 |
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Recalls | 181 |
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Sentence length not recorded | 48 |
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Total | 2271 |
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | ||