Written question asked by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 6 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 December 2007. It was answered by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 December 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Prisons
- Question
- (2) pursuant to his oral statement of 5 December 2007, Official Report, columns 827-30, on prisons (Carter Review), how many of the additional 10,500 prison places will be safe cells.
- Answer
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Existing Prison Service guidance, Prison Service Order 2700 Suicide Prevention and Self Harm Management, on the introduction of safer cells states that for new accommodation all cells in category A, category B and local prisons will be fitted with safer cells to the full safer cell specification and 25 per cent. of category C accommodation will be fitted with safer cells to the full specification.All projects within both the existing 9,500 place programme and the additional programme for 10,500 places are assessed individually in response to local requirements. The individual projects to deliver the new capacity are being developed.
Secondary information
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- Reference
- 469 c387W; 173394
- Session
- 2007-08
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- Subjects
- Prisons
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