Berwyn Prison

(asked on 15th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2018 to Question 171719 on Berwyn Prison, how many prisoners are engaged in work or learning and skills for more than 30 hours a week.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 23rd January 2019

The offer of activities at HMP Berwyn has developed alongside the population increase and availability will continue to increase as the population grows. As of Wednesday 16 January 2019, 925 (73-74%) prisoners have chosen to engage in work or learning and skills on a full-time basis and 25 part-time.

Full time hours for prisoners at HMP Berwyn equates to nine sessions per week, which is a total of 28 ΒΌ hours.

The aim is to offer a variety of work and education activities to all prisoners throughout the core day. This purposeful activity offers the chance to gain new skills that will help them for the rest of their lives. Together with our partners, we hope prisoners gain the skills, qualifications and work ethic to improve their employment prospects upon release in to the community and reduce their chances of reoffending.

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