Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 23rd March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are currently in prison serving a determinate sentence of 20 years or more, categorised by ethnicity.
This question was answered on 8th April 2021
The information requested is shown in the tables below.
I can also confirm that sentencing is a matter for the independent judiciary based on the facts of each case.
Prisoners serving a determinate sentence of 20 years or more, by ethnicity, as at 31 December 2020, in England and Wales.
All | 1,276 |
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Asian / Asian British | 150 |
Black / African / Caribbean / Black British | 194 |
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups | 36 |
Other ethnic group | 17 |
White | 874 |
Not stated | 5 |