Open Prisons: Crimes of Violence

(asked on 23rd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February to Question 14640 on Open Prisons, how many (a) male and (b) female Cat-D prisoners committed offences in each category listed; and how many of those prisoners committed each offence in the violence against the person category.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 30th March 2020

The attached document shows a breakdown of the sentenced prison population recorded as having a Category D individual-level security category, by category of offence, as at 31 December 2019, England & Wales. This includes 'Female Open' and 'YOI Open' categorised prisoners. It should be noted that whilst the majority of these prisoners would be held in open conditions (either in open prisons, or on open wings within closed prisons) a number of these prisoners would be in non-open conditions while awaiting transfer to open conditions.

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