Asked by: Mohammad Yasin (Labour - Bedford)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been held on the segregation unit at HMP Bedford since 17 November 2023.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
As records of prisoners who have left the prison on transfer or on release are no longer accessible to the prison, it is not possible, without incurring disproportionate cost, to say how many individual prisoners were segregated during the period.
We believe prison staff resort too quickly to disciplinary action when dealing with prisoners who suffer from mental health conditions.
Found: We seek a thorough review of the treatment of prisoners with mental health conditions, specifically examining
Mentions:
1: None very mentally ill people in prison; at least a third of all segregation units have very mentally ill - Speech Link
2: Beattie, Colin (SNP - Midlothian North and Musselburgh) physical health of prisoners? - Speech Link
3: None The mechanism is also looking at the impact of segregation on mental health.Some work is going on, but - Speech Link
4: None I said that, when we carried out the segregation review, we found a third of the people in segregation - Speech Link
5: None cohorts of prisoners. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) At that time, Collins was in segregation away from all the other prisoners because he had set fire to - Speech Link
2: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) It is another scheme to release prisoners early, and it is now being expanded to release more prisoners - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) since taken action to address that issue.The policy framework has been amended to ensure that those in segregation - Speech Link
May. 20 2024
Source Page: Five Wells Prison: Action PlanFound: We gave the prison 2 out of 4 for this .
May. 20 2024
Source Page: Five Wells Prison: Action PlanFound: We gave the prison 2 out of 4 for this .
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Circular economy strategy summary: MOJFound: We will create green jobs for prisoners by harnessing the unique capability of the prison estate to
Oct. 18 2010
Source Page: List showing the prison and probation services to be covered by the Specification, Benchmarking and Costing programme. 4 p.Found: EARLY DAYS & DISCHARGE RECEPTION IN Prisoners identified, legality of detention confirmed, prisoners
Dec. 15 2023
Source Page: Immediate action to overhaul HMP BedfordFound: new Segregation Unit by spring 2024 The changes follow on from a critical review by His Majesty’s
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells housing the (a) general prison population and (b) segregation population do not allow direct access to (i) artificial lighting sufficient for reading and (ii) natural light.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Certified Prisoner Accommodation framework outlines the minimum requirements for prison accommodation, including that electric lighting must be installed and functional, and there must be natural light.
All accommodation in the prison estate is required to be certified by a senior operational manager as meeting this standard before it can be used to hold prisoners overnight.