Young Offender Institutions: Discipline

(asked on 17th June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many awards of additional days were given by independent adjudicators to young adults aged between 18 and 21 in each public and private young offenders institution that holds young adults in each of the last three years.


Answered by
Andrew Selous Portrait
Andrew Selous
Second Church Estates Commissioner
This question was answered on 26th June 2015

Discipline Procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly, and for prisoners and young people (aged 15-17) to have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. Independent Adjudicators are District Judges or Deputy District Judges who attend prisons and Young Offender Institutions when necessary to hear adjudication cases which are deemed sufficiently serious. These cases may merit a punishment of additional days to a prisoner’s time spent in custody if the prisoner or young person is found guilty. Only Independent Adjudicators can make an award of additional days as a punishment.

A range of safeguarding measures are in place to make sure that a prisoner or young person is physically and mentally fit to face an adjudication hearing and any subsequent punishment. Adjudication outcomes are regularly monitored to make sure that no prisoner or young person is charged or punished for any reason other than their disciplinary behaviour.

Information on the number of adjudications by type of adjudicators (Governors or Independent Adjudicators) and on the number of adjudications by a prisoner’s mental health diagnosis is not held centrally.

Table 1 – Number of instances and days of additional days for establishments (1,2,3) holding 15 – 17 year olds, 2012-2014

Number of awards of additional days and number of days of additional days for establishments(1,2,3) holding 15-17 years olds, 2012-2014

Prison

2012

2013

2014

Number of awards where additional days were given

Number of days for which additional days were given(4,5)

Number of awards where additional days were given

Number of days for which additional days were given(4,5)

Number of awards where additional days were given

Number of days for which additional days were given(4,5)

Private

Ashfield

40

706

*

*

-

-

Altcourse

*

*

*

*

*

*

Bronzefield

*

*

*

*

*

*

Doncaster

*

*

*

*

*

*

Forest Bank

*

*

*

*

*

*

Parc

*

*

*

*

10

118

Peterborough

*

*

*

*

*

*

Thameside

*

*

*

*

*

*

Public

Askham Grange

*

*

*

*

*

*

Aylesbury

*

*

*

*

*

*

Bedford

*

*

*

*

*

*

Belmarsh

*

*

*

*

*

*

Brinsford

*

*

*

*

*

*

Bristol

*

*

*

*

*

*

Bullingdon

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cardiff

*

*

*

*

*

*

Chelmsford

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cookham Wood

*

*

5

51

12

173

Deerbolt

*

*

*

*

*

*

Downview

*

*

*

*

-

*

Drake Hall

*

*

*

*

*

*

Durham

*

*

*

*

*

*

East Sutton Park

*

*

*

*

*

*

Eastwood Park

*

*

*

*

-

*

Elmley (Sheppey Group)

*

*

*

*

*

*

Exeter

*

*

*

*

*

*

Feltham

*

*

16

305

66

1111

Foston Hall

*

*

*

*

*

*

Glen Parva

*

*

*

*

*

*

Hatfield

*

*

*

*

*

*

High Down

*

*

*

*

*

*

Hindley

20

316

54

789

65

828

Hollesley Bay

*

*

*

*

*

*

Holloway

*

*

*

*

*

*

Holme House

*

*

*

*

*

*

Hull

*

*

*

*

*

*

Isis

*

*

*

*

*

*

Isle of Wight

*

*

*

*

*

*

Lewes

*

*

*

*

*

*

Lincoln

*

*

*

*

*

*

Low Newton

*

*

*

*

*

*

Manchester

*

*

*

*

*

*

Moorland

*

*

*

*

*

*

New Hall

*

*

*

*

-

-

Norwich

*

*

*

*

*

*

Nottingham

*

*

*

*

*

*

Pentonville

*

*

*

*

*

*

Portland

*

*

*

*

*

*

Preston

*

*

*

*

*

*

Rochester

*

*

*

*

*

*

Send

*

*

*

*

*

*

Stoke Heath

*

*

*

*

-

-

Styal

*

*

*

*

*

*

Sudbury

*

*

*

*

*

*

Swansea

*

*

*

*

*

*

Swinfen Hall

*

*

*

*

*

*

Thorn Cross

*

*

*

*

*

*

Wandsworth

*

*

*

*

*

*

Warren Hill

9

213

20

335

-

-

Werrington

*

*

20

254

98

1047

Wetherby

10

148

26

415

33

517

Winchester

*

*

*

*

*

*

Woodhill

*

*

*

*

*

*

Wormwood Scrubs

*

*

*

*

*

*

Wymott

*

*

*

*

*

*

Table 2 – Number of instances and days of additional days for establishments (1,2,3) holding 18 – 21 year olds, 2012-2014

Prison

2012

2013

2014

Number of awards where additional days were given

Number of days for which additional days were given(4,5)

Number of awards where additional days were given

Number of days for which additional days were given(4,5)

Number of awards where additional days were given

Number of days for which additional days were given(4,5)

Private

Ashfield

143

52

*

*

-

-

Altcourse

34

657

33

513

41

609

Bronzefield

*

80

12

189

10

129

Doncaster

14

275

*

91

8

188

Forest Bank

51

551

33

361

42

780

Parc

63

837

66

830

58

862

Peterborough

5

80

*

35

*

77

Thameside

*

*

6

93

*

18

Public

Askham Grange

*

*

*

*

*

*

Aylesbury

221

3534

256

3893

541

9334

Bedford

*

82

*

8

*

48

Belmarsh

*

36

*

11

*

34

Brinsford

301

3875

218

2672

251

3288

Bristol

*

25

14

182

21

322

Bullingdon

*

35

*

74

15

264

Cardiff

9

175

12

189

13

168

Chelmsford

6

135

4

108

7

102

Cookham Wood

*

*

0

*

*

34

Deerbolt

146

2754

157

2317

183

2818

Downview

*

*

*

*

-

-

Drake Hall

11

264

5

91

*

22

Durham

14

158

*

*

*

10

East Sutton Park

*

*

*

*

*

*

Eastwood Park

*

*

*

34

*

26

Elmley (Sheppey Group)

5

128

*

98

27

581

Exeter

7

145

9

109

13

132

Feltham

*

31

10

215

51

1012

Foston Hall

*

92

*

*

*

21

Glen Parva

56

924

97

1488

178

2343

Hatfield

*

*

*

*

*

*

High Down

*

7

6

175

*

21

Hindley

*

49

*

21

49

715

Hollesley Bay

*

*

*

*

*

*

Holloway

*

*

*

*

*

*

Holme House

*

38

10

214

6

143

Hull

*

49

*

10

*

*

Isis

120

1680

172

2587

159

2402

Isle of Wight

8

81

*

*

6

65

Lewes

*

83

7

136

8

195

Lincoln

8

90

*

20

7

98

Low Newton

*

40

*

47

*

10

Manchester

*

40

*

25

*

28

Moorland

28

431

23

353

*

80

New Hall

23

515

*

63

*

28

Norwich

13

247

10

260

13

224

Nottingham

11

113

14

172

12

141

Pentonville

17

179

22

265

40

659

Portland

135

1957

159

2677

84

1447

Preston

19

342

11

144

11

172

Rochester

114

2854

232

3714

80

2117

Send

*

*

*

*

*

*

Stoke Heath

61

1027

36

378

29

404

Styal

10

95

9

52

5

80

Sudbury

*

*

*

*

*

7

Swansea

5

94

3

21

10

114

Swinfen Hall

114

2045

93

1876

135

2668

Thorn Cross

15

338

6

164

*

14

Wandsworth

7

120

8

188

31

543

Warren Hill

*

*

*

*

-

-

Werrington

*

*

*

*

*

7

Wetherby

*

21

5

91

*

*

Winchester

*

16

*

*

*

5

Woodhill

5

161

6

178

5

119

Wormwood Scrubs

*

24

*

18

5

482

Wymott

*

53

*

21

*

54

Table 3 – Number of adjudication by defined ethnicity in establishments (1,2,3) holding 15-17 years olds, 2012-2014

Prison

2012

Number of adjudication cases

White

Asian or Asian British

Black or Black British

Mixed

Chinese or Other

Not known

Total

Private

Ashfield

684

71

471

205

24

0

1455

Doncaster

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Parc

366

7

34

5

*

*

415

Peterborough

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Public

Aylesbury

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Brinsford

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Bristol

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cookham Wood

352

77

580

243

7

0

1259

Downview

44

0

10

9

0

5

68

Eastwood Park

58

0

7

15

0

0

80

Feltham

122

69

514

94

14

8

821

Hindley

1207

36

87

110

*

*

1443

Hull

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

New Hall

*

0

0

0

0

*

6

Warren Hill

317

68

363

107

5

0

860

Werrington

419

51

189

169

5

0

833

Wetherby

1444

144

103

158

*

*

1853

Prison

2013

Number of adjudication cases

White

Asian or Asian British

Black or Black British

Mixed

Chinese or Other

Not known

Total

Private

Ashfield

110

16

49

33

*

*

212

Doncaster

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Parc

408

*

23

6

*

*

439

Peterborough

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

*

*

Public

*

Aylesbury

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Brinsford

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bristol

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cookham Wood

287

52

429

149

*

*

918

Downview

8

*

*

*

*

*

10

Eastwood Park

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Feltham

176

91

515

112

22

0

916

Hindley

1081

93

136

128

*

*

1441

Hull

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

New Hall

*

0

0

0

0

0

*

Warren Hill

292

44

316

75

*

*

728

Werrington

638

136

180

362

0

0

1316

Wetherby

1504

69

155

86

7

0

1821

Prison

2014

Number of adjudication cases

White

Asian or Asian British

Black or Black British

Mixed

Chinese or Other

Not known

All

Private

Ashfield

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Doncaster

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Parc

337

14

80

20

0

0

451

Peterborough

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Public

Aylesbury

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Brinsford

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bristol

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Cookham Wood

481

79

403

156

17

0

1136

Downview

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eastwood Park

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Feltham

421

116

722

202

*

*

1479

Hindley

1080

69

101

124

31

0

1405

Hull

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

New Hall

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Warren Hill

*

*

*

*

*

*

5

Werrington

634

134

239

154

10

0

1171

Wetherby

1284

85

173

77

18

0

1637

Tables 1-3 Notes:

An asterisk has been used in place of values of five or fewer. This is to prevent the identification of individuals. Further disclosure control may be completed where this alone is not sufficient.

'-' Data unavailable.

1 - Prison establishments holding 15 - 17 year olds and 18 - 21 year olds are either sole designated young offender institutions (YOI) or adult establishments dual designated to also hold young offenders.

2 - Ashfield, Warren Hill, Downview , Eastwood Park, Hindley, New Hall and Stoke Heath are establishments that no longer accommodate young offenders.

3 - Incidents may be committed at one establishment and punished at another.

4 - Figures correspond to the sum of the number of days given for each punishment received after an incident of misbehaviour. If an offender receives 2 punishments as a result of an assault against a prison officer and each punishment attracts 20 days, then the offender will have received a total of 40 days of additional days

5 - The current policy does not allow for added days to extend beyond 42 days. Data has therefore been removed where the database shows number of days exceeding 42 days, as we know this must be an error in the data.

Data Sources and Quality

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Table 4 Number of days of additional days for establishments(1), 2012-2014, England and Wales

Prison

2012

2013

2014

Number of days for which additional days were given(2,3)

Number of days for which additional days were given(2,3)

Number of days for which additional days were given(2,3)

Private

Ashfield

758

46

-

Altcourse

1531

1151

1344

Birmingham

3662

3326

4011

Bronzefield

361

694

1058

Doncaster

409

555

753

Dovegate

1616

1357

1099

Forest Bank

2059

1849

3427

Lowdham Grange

179

471

525

Northumberland

5603

5698

4640

Oakwood

259

4003

4934

Parc

3731

4706

4224

Peterborough

1238

749

681

Rye Hill

872

597

417

Thameside

14

271

63

Public

Aylesbury

3534

3943

9428

Bedford

570

291

203

Belmarsh

88

32

229

Brinsford

3875

2672

3288

Bristol

1506

1704

1738

Brixton

605

1016

1891

Buckley Hall

1191

542

111

Bullingdon

394

524

903

Bure

84

188

81

Cardiff

1436

1346

1229

Channings Wood

71

0

709

Chelmsford

395

659

545

Coldingley

536

503

510

Cookham Wood

63

51

207

Dartmoor

2417

1618

1287

Deerbolt

2754

2317

2818

Downview

149

439

-

Drake Hall

677

742

1274

Durham

1027

101

85

Eastwood Park

384

569

943

Elmley (Sheppey Group)

1941

1515

2932

Erlestoke

1364

973

694

Exeter

871

792

869

Featherstone

3757

3024

2491

Feltham

83

520

2163

Ford

441

1001

994

Foston Hall

552

477

236

Frankland

63

252

305

Full Sutton

370

715

497

Garth

713

784

354

Glen Parva

924

1488

2343

Guys Marsh

1021

443

1189

Hatfield

56

42

0

Haverigg

2327

322

0

Hewell

2367

1341

1954

High Down

124

434

354

Highpoint

1687

2619

4366

Hindley

365

810

1543

Holloway

488

323

721

Holme House

745

563

969

Hull

140

138

84

Huntercombe

496

387

126

Isis

1911

3164

3629

Isle of Wight

1402

346

281

Kennet

925

204

709

Kirkham

289

389

176

Kirklevington

28

0

98

Lancaster Farms

4511

4267

2801

Leeds

405

65

260

Leicester

74

118

1247

Lewes

740

563

1698

Leyhill

174

145

167

Lincoln

730

540

1063

Lindholme

1140

2406

3013

Littlehey

1748

1221

1513

Liverpool

4062

3228

4265

Long Lartin

133

252

310

Low Newton

527

382

411

Maidstone

914

169

35

Manchester

794

1134

754

Moorland

1098

1247

612

Mount

2557

3436

2333

New Hall

936

449

934

Norwich

987

1556

1265

Nottingham

740

909

1186

Onley

2323

1725

2075

Portland

2412

3827

2489

Preston

2450

1254

2010

Ranby

5005

2989

2531

Risley

288

464

408

Rochester

3363

7453

8048

Stafford

2690

1300

1002

Standford Hill

857

463

85

Stocken

2417

1364

1633

Stoke Heath

2058

1666

3693

Styal

766

408

733

Sudbury

1164

1301

2659

Swaleside

1243

1203

3894

Swansea

770

880

1584

Swinfen Hall

2588

2922

3216

Thorn Cross

723

314

14

Verne

613

670

0

Wakefield

28

175

368

Wandsworth

1507

1777

3525

Warren Hill

213

335

-

Wayland

2343

2163

2086

Wealstun

1959

1780

3358

Wetherby

169

506

517

Whatton

35

24

0

Whitemoor

194

42

107

Winchester

372

280

497

Woodhill

374

792

916

Wormwood Scrubs

581

619

2615

Wymott

669

1148

835

Table 4 Notes:

'-' Data unavailable.

1 - Incidents may be committed at one establishment and punished at another.

2 - Figures correspond to the sum of the number of days given for each punishment received after an incident of misbehaviour. If an offender receives 2 punishments as a result of an assault against a prison officer and each punishment attracts 20 days, then the offender will have received a total of 40 additional days

3 - The current policy does not allow for added days to extend beyond 42 days. Data has therefore been removed where the database shows number of days exceeding 42 days, as we know this must be an error in the data.

Data Sources and Quality

These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

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