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Prisoner Escapes

Answer

Records show that the level of absconds is the lowest for 10 years. Statistics show that since 1996 the rate of absconds has reduced by half.Data showing the number of prisoners who have absconded from open or semi-open prisons between January 2007 and February 2008 broken down by (a) prison and (b) offence for which they are convicted is shown in the following tables.Currently abscond levels are the lowest since centralised recording of figures began in 1995.

Offence	Askham Grange	Ford	Grendon	Hatfield	Hewell Grange	Hollesley Bay	Kirkham	Leyhill	Lindholme
Affray	—	1	—	1	—	—	1	1	—
Burglary	1	13	11	14	6	4	30	16	—
Arson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Assault	—	1	1	1	—	—	2	—	—
Assisting illegal immigrants	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Attempt to commit theft	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Attempt to pervert the course of justice	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Attempted murder	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Murder	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Robbery	4	5	4	3	4	7	12	9	1
Breach	—	4	—	—	1	1	2	2
Conspiracy to commit theft	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Drugs	2	7	2	8	1	—	10	8	—
Criminal damage	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Customs evasion (not drugs related)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Driving	—	4	—	1	3	4	3	3	—
Deception	—	2	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
Fail to surrender	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
False imprisonment	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
False instruments	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Fraud	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Handling stolen goods	—	—	1	1	—	1	—	1	—
Holding warrant	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Illegal immigrant/detainee	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Import/export/drug	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—
Inflict grievous bodily harm	—	—	—	1			1	3
Kidnapping	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Make off without paying	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Manslaughter	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other criminal offences	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other violence offences	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Possession of an offensive weapon	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Possession of firearm with intent. Endanger life	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rape	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—
Receiving stolen goods	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sec 40 convictions during original sentence	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Taking and driving away	—	1	1	—	—	—	2	—	—
Theft	—	6	1	—	—	1	9	6	—
Threatening/disorderly behaviour	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Trespass	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wounding	—	2	—	—	—	1	4	3	—
Not recorded	1	2	1	—	—	—	2	1	—
Grand total	9	55	23	33	17	20	80	60	1

Offence	North Sea Camp	Norwich	Standford Hill	Stoke Heath	Sudbury	Thorn Cross	Usk	Wealstun	Grand total
Affray	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	5
Burglary	19	—	18	—	17	29	1	12	191
Arson	1	—	—	—	1		1	1	4
Assault	2	—	1	—	1	5		1	15
Assisting illegal immigrants	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Attempt to commit theft	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Attempt to pervert the course of justice	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Attempted murder	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	3
Murder	1	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	7
Robbery	4	—	7	—	17	19	3	5	104
Breach	6	—	1	—	—	3	—	1	21
Conspiracy to commit theft	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1
Drugs	4	—	6	—	4	10	—	8	70
Criminal damage	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Customs evasion (not drugs related)	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Driving	3	—	2	—	2	—	1	2	28
Deception	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Fail to surrender	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
False imprisonment	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	2
False instruments	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Fraud	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	1
Handling stolen goods	1	—	2	—	—	—	—	—	7
Holding warrant	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	4
Illegal immigrant/detainee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Import/export/drug	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3
Inflict grievous bodily harm	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	2	9
Kidnapping	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Make off without paying	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Manslaughter	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	2
Other criminal offences	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Other violence offences	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Possession of an offensive weapon	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	3
Possession of firearm with intent. Endanger life	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	3
Rape	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Receiving stolen goods	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	2
Sec 40 convictions during original sentence	2	—	1	—	1	—	—	1	6
Taking and driving away	1	—	—	—	1	5	—	2	13
Theft	3	—	6	—	2	1	—	1	36
Threatening/disorderly behaviour	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1
Trespass	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Wounding	—	1	1	—	2	7	—	1	22
Not recorded	—	—	1	1	—	3	3	1	16
Grand total	54	1	53	1	59	85	9	39	599

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

193511; 473 c676-80W;473 c672-6W

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Prisoner escapes Open prisons

Link

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