Q. Prison Accommodation

Prison Accommodation

(asked on 2nd June 2020) - View Source

Questioner

Lord Bishop of Gloucester
(Bishops - Bishops)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners are currently sharing a cell with one or more others, broken down by prison.

Answered by

Lord Keen of Elie

This question was answered on 16th June 2020

On arrival into custody, all prisoners’ suitability to share a cell is risk assessed. These assessments are based on numerous factors including index offence, health concerns and security information (such as beliefs and prejudices).

Since March, we have introduced strong measures to avoid thousands of prisoners and staff becoming infected with COVID-19. This includes restrictions on movement between jails, the early release of low-risk offenders and the temporary expansion of the prison estate. These measures have helped to contain the spread of the virus and limit deaths. This action has helped to reduce the prison population, allowing establishments to implement ‘compartmentalisation’.

We are installing over 1,000 temporary cells to increase space and help reduce the spread of the virus. These units are being placed where there are the highest number of shared cells, a lack of in-cell sanitation and where there are high numbers of vulnerable prisoners. We have also opened an Annex at HMP/YOI Rochester to hold up to 70 men.

As at 29 May 2020, 35% of the prison population are sharing cells holding two or more people and this is broken down by establishment in the table below. The detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.

Prison	Total number of prisoners sharing cells	Proportion	Prison	Total number of prisoners sharing cells	Proportion
Altcourse	684	64%	Leicester	219	68%
Ashfield	152	37%	Lewes	176	33%
Askham Grange	0	0%	Leyhill	0	0%
Aylesbury	0	0%	Lincoln	422	71%
Bedford	242	68%	Lindholme	336	36%
Belmarsh	476	58%	Littlehey	134	12%
Berwyn	1,056	61%	Liverpool	412	59%
Birmingham	582	64%	Long Lartin	0	0%
Brinsford	290	53%	Low Newton	12	4%
Bristol	217	45%	Lowdham Grange	6	1%
Brixton	532	74%	Maidstone	52	9%
Bronzefield	104	23%	Manchester	284	39%
Buckley Hall	72	16%	Moorland	258	29%
Bullingdon	737	69%	New Hall	32	9%
Bure	10	2%	North Sea Camp	164	41%
Cardiff	398	58%	Northumberland	0	0%
Channings Wood	44	7%	Norwich	250	36%
Chelmsford	302	45%	Nottingham	402	48%
Coldingley	0	0%	Oakwood	810	41%
Cookham Wood	0	0%	Onley	154	22%
Dartmoor	0	0%	Parc	736	46%
Deerbolt	14	4%	Pentonville	668	72%
Doncaster	760	70%	Peterborough	398	47%
Dovegate	224	19%	Peterborough Female	74	27%
Downview	0	0%	Portland	128	26%
Drake Hall	41	17%	Prescoed	36	17%
Durham	744	82%	Preston	441	69%
East Sutton Park	86	98%	Ranby	322	33%
Eastwood Park	80	26%	Risley	178	17%
Elmley	683	62%	Rochester	218	35%
Erlestoke	64	13%	Rye Hill	158	24%
Exeter	334	71%	Send	0	0%
Featherstone	110	17%	Springhill	126	44%
Feltham	130	44%	Stafford	508	71%
Ford	212	42%	Standford Hill	0	0%
Forest Bank	801	58%	Stocken	240	23%
Foston Hall	142	46%	Stoke Heath	302	42%
Frankland	0	0%	Styal	235	62%
Full Sutton	0	0%	Sudbury	232	50%
Garth	22	3%	Swaleside	0	0%
Gartree	22	3%	Swansea	254	71%
Grendon	0	0%	Swinfen Hall	62	11%
Guys Marsh	98	23%	Thameside	680	62%
Hatfield	16	5%	The Mount	220	22%
Haverigg	0	0%	The Verne	21	4%
High Down	633	56%	Thorn Cross	36	11%
Highpoint	236	18%	Usk	207	84%
Hindley	248	44%	Wakefield	0	0%
Hewell	508	64%	Wandsworth	1,120	77%
Hollesley Bay	44	10%	Warren Hill	0	0%
Holme House	724	63%	Wayland	286	30%
Hull	555	57%	Wealstun	0	0%
Humber	260	27%	Werrington	0	0%
Huntercombe	208	45%	Wetherby	0	0%
Isis	246	42%	Whatton	112	14%
Isle Of Wight	156	15%	Whitemoor	0	0%
Kirkham	16	3%	Winchester	238	50%
Kirklevington Grange	0	0%	Woodhill	24	5%
Lancaster Farms	120	23%	Wormwood Scrubs	601	56%
Leeds	746	75%	Wymott	16	2%
Grand total				28,181	35%

Prison Accommodation

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Reticulating Splines