Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 20 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 51 members in total.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF HM INSPECTORATE OF PRISONS

That this House welcomes the report of the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers; notes that the report highlights the fact that the good work of the Prison Service is being undermined by ever increasing prison population pressures; is appalled that during 2003, on average 82 out of the 136 prisons in England and Wales were overcrowded; acknowledges that any prison overcrowding is exacerbated by staff shortages; recognises that overcrowding and staff shortages result in prisoners spending increasing proportions of the day locked in their cells; understands that prisoners are being moved around the country in order to free up spaces in local prisons, causing more prisoners to be held further away from home, making it extremely difficult to maintain family contact, a factor recognised as preventing re-offending; is shocked that almost two people a week kill themselves in our prisons and one in four women in prison self-harms; and calls for an urgent review of how those with mental illnesses are treated.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

451 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Annual reports Inspections HM Inspectorate of Prisons Prisoners Prisons Overcrowding Population Suicide Self-harm

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk