Prison Accommodation

(asked on 18th January 2016) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 25th January 2016

As the Secretary of State has said, the prison estate is overcrowded and out of date.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.

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