Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each prison in England and Wales are accommodated in cells designed for (a) one person but occupied by two and (b) two people but occupied by three.
As the Secretary of State has said, the prison estate is overcrowded and out of date. That’s why we have announced that we will close down aging and ineffective prisons, replacing them with buildings fit for today’s demands.
Figures for the number of prisoners held two to a cell designed for one (known as doubling) or three to a cell (known as trebling) are set out in the table below for year 2014-15. To place the numbers in context they are shown alongside the average prisoner population and the percentage of the population held two to a cell designed for one or three people held in a cell designed for two.
Average doubling and trebling / other crowded conditions by prison establishment, 2014/15 | ||||||||
Establishment | Average number of prisoners held in doubled conditions | Average number of prisoners held in trebled or other crowded conditions (i.e. dormitories) | Average population | Percentage of average population held in doubled conditions | Percentage of average population held in trebled or other crowded conditions (i.e. dormitories) | Total percentage of average population held in crowded conditions | ||
Altcourse | 627.8 | 77.5 | 1,122.4 | 55.9% | 6.9% | 62.8% | ||
Ashfield | 0.0 | 0.0 | 389.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Askham Grange | 0.0 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Aylesbury | 53.7 | 0.0 | 413.3 | 13.0% | 0.0% | 13.0% | ||
Bedford | 277.7 | 38.1 | 492.2 | 56.4% | 7.7% | 64.2% | ||
Belmarsh | 0.0 | 478.8 | 876.3 | 0.0% | 54.6% | 54.6% | ||
Birmingham | 713.3 | 0.0 | 1,423.9 | 50.1% | 0.0% | 50.1% | ||
Blantyre House | 0.0 | 0.0 | 97.9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Brinsford | 0.0 | 0.0 | 424.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Bristol | 361.2 | 0.0 | 587.6 | 61.5% | 0.0% | 61.5% | ||
Brixton | 347.3 | 21.7 | 726.5 | 47.8% | 3.0% | 50.8% | ||
Bronzefield | 0.0 | 0.0 | 501.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Buckley Hall | 77.0 | 0.0 | 448.1 | 17.2% | 0.0% | 17.2% | ||
Bullingdon | 435.3 | 0.0 | 1,095.8 | 39.7% | 0.0% | 39.7% | ||
Bure | 52.8 | 0.0 | 634.5 | 8.3% | 0.0% | 8.3% | ||
Cardiff | 478.3 | 0.0 | 795.8 | 60.1% | 0.0% | 60.1% | ||
Channings Wood | 55.8 | 0.0 | 720.8 | 7.7% | 0.0% | 7.7% | ||
Chelmsford | 273.2 | 0.0 | 697.2 | 39.2% | 0.0% | 39.2% | ||
Coldingley | 0.0 | 6.0 | 511.3 | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | ||
Cookham Wood | 0.0 | 0.0 | 150.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Dartmoor | 34.0 | 0.0 | 649.1 | 5.2% | 0.0% | 5.2% | ||
Deerbolt | 0.0 | 0.0 | 465.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Doncaster | 728.8 | 0.0 | 1,116.5 | 65.3% | 0.0% | 65.3% | ||
Dovegate | 13.3 | 0.0 | 1,110.8 | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | ||
Dover (IRC) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 347.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Drake Hall | 0.0 | 0.0 | 308.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Durham | 611.3 | 0.0 | 935.8 | 65.3% | 0.0% | 65.3% | ||
East Sutton Park | 0.0 | 0.0 | 87.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Eastwood Park | 74.8 | 0.0 | 329.3 | 22.7% | 0.0% | 22.7% | ||
Elmley | 377.3 | 181.8 | 1,180.0 | 32.0% | 15.4% | 47.4% | ||
Erlestoke | 0.0 | 0.0 | 507.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Exeter | 440.2 | 0.0 | 525.2 | 83.8% | 0.0% | 83.8% | ||
Featherstone | 26.5 | 0.0 | 685.1 | 3.9% | 0.0% | 3.9% | ||
Feltham | 0.0 | 0.0 | 547.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Ford | 0.0 | 0.0 | 483.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Forest Bank | 697.8 | 0.0 | 1,428.0 | 48.9% | 0.0% | 48.9% | ||
Foston Hall | 5.8 | 0.0 | 285.0 | 2.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | ||
Frankland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 779.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Full Sutton | 0.0 | 0.0 | 598.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Garth | 34.5 | 3.2 | 755.6 | 4.6% | 0.4% | 5.0% | ||
Gartree | 0.0 | 0.0 | 712.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Glen Parva | 342.8 | 0.0 | 628.9 | 54.5% | 0.0% | 54.5% | ||
Grendon / Spring Hill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 528.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Guys Marsh | 88.8 | 0.0 | 561.3 | 15.8% | 0.0% | 15.8% | ||
Haslar (IRC) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 159.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Hatfield | 0.0 | 0.0 | 259.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Haverigg | 38.3 | 0.0 | 636.8 | 6.0% | 0.0% | 6.0% | ||
Hewell | 487.0 | 0.0 | 1,271.6 | 38.3% | 0.0% | 38.3% | ||
High Down | 199.3 | 0.0 | 1,145.5 | 17.4% | 0.0% | 17.4% | ||
Highpoint | 44.7 | 0.0 | 1,327.8 | 3.4% | 0.0% | 3.4% | ||
Hindley | 0.0 | 0.0 | 263.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Hollesley Bay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 402.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Holloway | 0.0 | 0.0 | 524.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Holme House | 375.0 | 0.0 | 1,184.6 | 31.7% | 0.0% | 31.7% | ||
Hull | 484.8 | 0.0 | 906.8 | 53.5% | 0.0% | 53.5% | ||
Humber | 176.3 | 0.0 | 1,023.4 | 17.2% | 0.0% | 17.2% | ||
Huntercombe | 191.0 | 0.0 | 406.7 | 47.0% | 0.0% | 47.0% | ||
Isis | 257.3 | 0.0 | 607.3 | 42.4% | 0.0% | 42.4% | ||
Isle of Wight | 157.2 | 0.3 | 1,122.8 | 14.0% | 0.0% | 14.0% | ||
Kennet | 173.7 | 0.0 | 252.6 | 68.8% | 0.0% | 68.8% | ||
Kirkham | 0.0 | 0.0 | 586.3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Kirklevington Grange | 0.0 | 0.0 | 278.9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Lancaster Farms | 71.5 | 0.0 | 446.6 | 16.0% | 0.0% | 16.0% | ||
Leeds | 1,053.8 | 0.0 | 1,195.7 | 88.1% | 0.0% | 88.1% | ||
Leicester | 312.0 | 0.0 | 357.4 | 87.3% | 0.0% | 87.3% | ||
Lewes | 135.5 | 0.0 | 665.8 | 20.4% | 0.0% | 20.4% | ||
Leyhill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 474.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Lincoln | 463.3 | 0.0 | 641.3 | 72.2% | 0.0% | 72.2% | ||
Lindholme | 169.7 | 0.0 | 1,001.2 | 16.9% | 0.0% | 16.9% | ||
Littlehey | 116.8 | 0.0 | 1,105.5 | 10.6% | 0.0% | 10.6% | ||
Liverpool | 255.8 | 24.4 | 1,219.6 | 21.0% | 2.0% | 23.0% | ||
Long Lartin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 612.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Low Newton | 0.0 | 0.0 | 297.5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Lowdham Grange | 43.8 | 0.0 | 915.8 | 4.8% | 0.0% | 4.8% | ||
Maidstone | 66.7 | 0.0 | 594.8 | 11.2% | 0.0% | 11.2% | ||
Manchester | 552.3 | 0.0 | 1,126.8 | 49.0% | 0.0% | 49.0% | ||
Moorland | 111.2 | 0.0 | 1,006.2 | 11.0% | 0.0% | 11.0% | ||
Morton Hall (IRC) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 356.9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Mount | 33.0 | 0.0 | 788.6 | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4.2% | ||
New Hall | 0.0 | 0.0 | 389.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
North Sea Camp | 76.2 | 0.0 | 361.8 | 21.1% | 0.0% | 21.1% | ||
Northumberland | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,330.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Norwich | 241.0 | 13.8 | 748.4 | 32.2% | 1.8% | 34.0% | ||
Nottingham | 677.8 | 0.0 | 1,053.3 | 64.4% | 0.0% | 64.4% | ||
Oakwood | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,574.3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Onley | 0.0 | 0.0 | 710.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Parc | 443.2 | 0.0 | 1,440.6 | 30.8% | 0.0% | 30.8% | ||
Pentonville | 584.0 | 0.0 | 1,305.5 | 44.7% | 0.0% | 44.7% | ||
Peterborough | 305.8 | 0.0 | 976.8 | 31.3% | 0.0% | 31.3% | ||
Portland | 148.8 | 0.0 | 548.3 | 27.1% | 0.0% | 27.1% | ||
Preston | 624.0 | 0.0 | 693.8 | 89.9% | 0.0% | 89.9% | ||
Ranby | 348.2 | 0.0 | 1,071.7 | 32.5% | 0.0% | 32.5% | ||
Risley | 60.3 | 0.0 | 1,099.1 | 5.5% | 0.0% | 5.5% | ||
Rochester | 0.0 | 0.0 | 739.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Rye Hill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 602.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Send | 0.0 | 0.0 | 276.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Stafford | 0.0 | 0.0 | 713.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Standford Hill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 448.1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Stocken | 147.2 | 0.0 | 838.7 | 17.5% | 0.0% | 17.5% | ||
Stoke Heath | 154.5 | 9.2 | 674.5 | 22.9% | 1.4% | 24.3% | ||
Styal | 14.2 | 0.0 | 439.8 | 3.2% | 0.0% | 3.2% | ||
Sudbury | 0.0 | 0.0 | 513.0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Swaleside | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,105.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Swansea | 351.5 | 23.8 | 429.4 | 81.9% | 5.5% | 87.4% | ||
Swinfen Hall | 99.5 | 0.0 | 581.8 | 17.1% | 0.0% | 17.1% | ||
Thameside | 524.2 | 0.0 | 886.2 | 59.1% | 0.0% | 59.1% | ||
Thorn Cross | 0.0 | 0.0 | 328.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Usk / Prescoed | 250.2 | 0.0 | 493.2 | 50.7% | 0.0% | 50.7% | ||
Verne (IRC) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 316.2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Wakefield | 4.7 | 0.8 | 741.7 | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.7% | ||
Wandsworth | 1,333.2 | 0.0 | 1,617.8 | 82.4% | 0.0% | 82.4% | ||
Warren Hill | 0.0 | 0.0 | 138.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Wayland | 125.5 | 0.0 | 985.5 | 12.7% | 0.0% | 12.7% | ||
Wealstun | 32.7 | 0.0 | 804.5 | 4.1% | 0.0% | 4.1% | ||
Werrington | 0.0 | 0.0 | 111.4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Wetherby | 0.0 | 0.0 | 223.7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Whatton | 114.0 | 0.0 | 834.0 | 13.7% | 0.0% | 13.7% | ||
Whitemoor | 0.0 | 0.0 | 450.8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | ||
Winchester | 388.3 | 0.0 | 671.8 | 57.8% | 0.0% | 57.8% | ||
Woodhill | 364.2 | 0.1 | 757.0 | 48.1% | 0.0% | 48.1% | ||
Wormwood Scrubs | 123.8 | 0.0 | 1,242.5 | 10.0% | 0.0% | 10.0% | ||
Wymott | 148.8 | 0.0 | 1,115.3 | 13.3% | 0.0% | 13.3% | ||
National Total | 20,885.4 | 879.3 | 85,315.0 | 24.5% | 1.0% | 25.5% | ||
Note: | ||||||||
Establishments provide monthly figures for the number of prisoners held in crowded conditions. The number held in trebled conditions cannot be reliably separated from those which are held in crowded conditions within dormitories, noting it is believed rare that crowding occurs in dormitories. | ||||||||
We will always have enough prison places for those sent to us by the courts. We are investing in reforming and modernising the prison estate. Our reforms will make the prison estate more efficient, safer and focused on supporting prisoner rehabilitation and will reduce crowding.