Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) sentenced and (b) unsentenced people aged (i) 18, (ii) 19 and (iii) 20 were held in custodial facilities where areas were shared with older prisoners during 2019.
Please see the below tables in response to PQ75226, PQ75227, PQ75228, PQ75229, PQ75230 and PQ75231:
PQ 75226: Prison population aged 18-20, by prison function and age; as at 30 June 2019, England & Wales | ||
| Sole-function under-21 YOIs(1) | Dual-designated prisons |
|
|
|
Total | 562 | 3,626 |
Age |
|
|
18 | 160 | 795 |
19 | 191 | 1,236 |
20 | 211 | 1,595 |
PQ 75227: Prison population aged 18-20, by prison function, age and custody status; as at 30 June 2019, England & Wales | ||
| Sole-function under-21 YOIs(1) | Dual-designated prisons |
Total | 562 | 3,626 |
Remand |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 7 | 324 |
19 | 0 | 323 |
20 | 0 | 314 |
Sentenced |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 153 | 467 |
19 | 191 | 905 |
20 | 211 | 1,266 |
Non-criminal(2) |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 0 | 4 |
19 | 0 | 8 |
20 | 0 | 15 |
PQ 75228: Prison population aged 18-20, by prison function, age and sex; as at 30 June 2019, England & Wales | ||
| Sole-function under-21 YOIs(1) | Dual-designated prisons |
Total | 562 | 3,626 |
Male |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 160 | 775 |
19 | 191 | 1,193 |
20 | 211 | 1,543 |
Female |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 0 | 20 |
19 | 0 | 43 |
20 | 0 | 52 |
PQ 75229: Prison population aged 18-20, by prison function, age and ethnicity group; as at 30 June 2019, England & Wales | ||
| Sole-function under-21 YOIs(1) | Dual-designated prisons |
Total | 562 | 3,626 |
White |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 69 | 448 |
19 | 62 | 727 |
20 | 72 | 934 |
Black |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 45 | 177 |
19 | 72 | 241 |
20 | 90 | 327 |
Asian |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 28 | 68 |
19 | 28 | 128 |
20 | 18 | 161 |
Mixed |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 12 | 76 |
19 | 18 | 102 |
20 | 24 | 137 |
Other ethnic group |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 6 | 20 |
Not stated / Not recorded |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 0 | 6 |
19 | 1 | 6 |
20 | 1 | 5 |
PQ 75230: Prison population aged 18-20, by prison function, age and 'Private / Public prison split'; as at 30 June 2019, England & Wales | ||
| Sole-function under-21 YOIs(1) | Dual-designated prisons |
Total | 562 | 3,626 |
Contracted Out ("Private") |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 0 | 168 |
19 | 0 | 233 |
20 | 0 | 293 |
Public |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 160 | 627 |
19 | 191 | 1,003 |
20 | 211 | 1,302 |
PQ 75231: Prison population aged 18-20, by prison function, age and offence group; as at 30 June 2019, England & Wales(3) | ||
| Sole-function under-21 YOIs(1) | Dual-designated prisons |
Total | 562 | 3,626 |
Burglary |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 12 | 79 |
19 | 12 | 114 |
20 | 12 | 152 |
Drug Offences |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 17 | 133 |
19 | 48 | 273 |
20 | 61 | 367 |
Robbery |
|
|
Age |
|
|
18 | 29 | 125 |
19 | 37 | 176 |
20 | 31 | 234 |
Sexual offences |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 10 | 34 |
19 | 10 | 61 |
20 | 6 | 109 |
Violence against the person |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 56 | 233 |
19 | 58 | 303 |
20 | 66 | 370 |
Other offences(4) |
| |
Age |
|
|
18 | 36 | 191 |
19 | 26 | 309 |
20 | 35 | 363 |
In regard to PQ75232 and PQ75233, this information is not held centrally.
Offenders aged 18, 19 and 20 are sentenced to Detention in a Young Offender Institution (DYOI), however the dual designation of institutions as both HMP and YOI means the majority are held in establishment also holding adult prisoners aged 21 or over. Under dual designation, prisoners aged 18,19 and 20 do not share cells with adult prisoners, unless exceptional circumstance apply and on a case-by-case basis. Separation from adult prisoners in other areas of the prison varies by location (including separated wings). There are two designated YOIs for sentenced prisoners aged 18,19 and 20 (HMYOI Feltham (B) and HMYOI Aylesbury). As necessary, these prisoners from YOIs move to an adult prison when they turn 21.
Notes
(1) These figures include Sole-function YOIs and Youth Custody Service (YCS) YOIs. Sole-function YOIs hold solely 18-20 year olds and those that turn 21 who are due for imminent release or who are pending transfer into an adult prison
YCS YOIs hold 15-17 year olds and those that turn 18 who are due for imminent release or who are pending transfer into an 18+ YOI.
The ‘Sole-function YOIs' are:
- HMYOI Aylesbury
- HMYOI Feltham (B) (separate site to the YCS YOI)
The YCS YOIs are:
- HMYOI Cookham Wood
- HMYOI Werrington
- HMYOI Feltham (A) (separate site to the 18-20 YOI)
- HMYOI Wetherby
Other establishments holding 18-20 year olds share facilities with older prisoners ('Dual designated prisons')
More information can be found on the 'Prisons and their resettlement providers' page on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prisons-and-their-resettlement-providers
(2) The ‘non-criminal’ population comprises:
- Those who have served their appropriate custodial term for a criminal offence but are then served with an IS91 ‘authorisation to hold on immigration detention grounds’ (held in prison awaiting deportation).
- Those whose sole offence is not having appropriate immigration paperwork, and so would be held in an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC).
(3) Part (i) of PQ75231 is of disproportionate cost to identify.
(4) Other offences include: 'non-burglary' Theft Offences, Criminal damage and arson, Possession of Weapons, Public order offences, Miscellaneous crimes against society, Fraud offences, Summary offences and 'Offence not recorded'.
Data sources and quality: The figures in these tables 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.