Prisoners' Release

(asked on 1st June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to assess the suitability of prisoners for release under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme; how many such prisoners have been released so far, by prison, in (a) Wales and (b) England; how many such prisoners have re-offended in (i) Wales and (ii) England.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 9th June 2020

On 4 April, we announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme (ECTR). This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. No high-risk offenders, including those convicted of violent or sexual offences, anyone of national security concern or a danger to children, will be considered for release, nor any prisoners who have not served at least half their custodial term.

Guidance, including eligibility criteria for ECTR was published on 24 April and can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/881061/end-custody-temporary-release.pdf.

As at Friday 29 May, 95 prisoners have been released under this scheme – 79 from prisons in England and 16 from prisons in Wales.

As at Friday 29 May, 2 of these prisoners have been recalled to custody for alleged further offences, both had been released from Welsh prisons.

The tables below provide a breakdown of the number of prisoners released under ECTR by prison in England and Wales, the data is correct as of Friday 29 May.

England

ASKHAM GRANGE (HMP & YOI)

#

BIRMINGHAM (HMP)

#

BRINSFORD (HMP)

#

BRONZEFIELD (HMP)

#

BULLINGDON (HMP)

#

CHANNINGS WOOD (HMP)

#

DOWNVIEW (HMP)

#

EAST SUTTON PARK (HMP & YOI)

#

EASTWOOD PARK (HMP)

#

FELTHAM (HMP & YOI)

#

FORD (HMP)

6

HATFIELD (HMP & YOI)

#

HIGH DOWN (HMP)

#

HIGHPOINT (HMP)

#

HOLLESLEY BAY (HMP)

4

HOLME HOUSE (HMP)

#

HULL (HMP)

#

HUMBER (HMP)

#

ISIS HMP/YOI

4

KIRKHAM (HMP)

5

KIRKLEVINGTON GRANGE (HMP)

5

MOORLAND (HMP & YOI)

#

NORWICH (HMP & YOI)

#

OAKWOOD (HMP)

#

PENTONVILLE (HMP)

#

PETERBOROUGH (HMP)

#

RANBY (HMP)

5

RISLEY (HMP)

4

ROCHESTER (HMP & YOI)

#

SPRING HILL (HMP)

#

STANDFORD HILL (HMP)

5

SUDBURY (HMP & YOI)

4

THE MOUNT (HMP)

#

WANDSWORTH (HMP)

#

WORMWOOD SCRUBS (HMP)

#

Total

79

Wales

BERWYN (HMP)

#

CARDIFF (HMP)

#

PARC (HMP)

5

PRESCOED (HMP & YOI)

6

SWANSEA (HMP)

#

Total

16

The symbol # denotes suppressed values of 3 or fewer to avoid the risk of identifying individuals.

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