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Young Offender Institutions: Violence

Answer

The information requested is as follows:(i) Assaults in Young Offender InstitutionsThe information requested is set out in the following table but is subject to important qualifications. The Prison Service incident reporting system processes high volumes of data which are constantly being updated. The numbers provide a good indication of overall numbers but should not be interpreted as absolute. Assault data is complex and may include threatening behaviour, projection of bodily fluids and other non-contact incidents. Information on assault incidents may involve more than one assailant or more than one victim. In a proportion of incidents only the victim is known.Assault information is recorded at establishment level in four categories:Prisoner on Prisoner, Prisoner on Officer, Other (including miscellaneous assault information) and Prisoner on Other. Rises or falls in reported numbers from one year to the next are not a good indicator of underlying trend for a particular prison. Additionally there have been improvements in reporting over the years, and this is reflected in the following tables.

(a) Prisoner on prisoner
Prison Name	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ashfield	271	304	500	625	653
Aylesbury	26	21	78	80	79
Brinsford	304	326	344	187	187
Castington	312	384	361	360	385
Deerbolt	167	205	164	152	160
Feltham	569	576	549	476	427
Glen Parva	241	230	269	341	364
Hindley	177	63	112	348	498
Huntercombe	77	79	95	184	280
Lancaster Farms	¹17	185	435	363	357
Northallerton	82	84	104	82	100
Onley	509	²—r	²—	²—	²—
Portland	61	125	154	127	192
Reading	23	25	76	57	45
Rochester	51	102	78	100	75
Stoke Heath	137	239	438	506	527
Swinfen Hall	110²—	²—	²—	²—
Thorn Cross	39	7	19	143	84
Warren Hill	93	162	256	268	321
Werrington	129	104	139	143	141
Wetherby	175	414	492	403	353
¹ Incomplete data. ² In 2004 YOI Onley and YOi Swinfen Hall were re-rolled as HMP/YOI Onley and HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall . From this date they are no longer technically YOI's as they also hold adults.

(b) Prisoner on staff¹
Prison Name	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ashfield	70	90	180	136	100
Aylesbury	15	6	17	18	14
Brinsford	39	34	19	10	17
Castington	56	57	50	46	46
Deerbolt	6	28	33	22	34
Feltham	103	173	138	118	107
Glen Parva	29	39	31	45	56
Hindley	27	14	32	58	48
Huntercombe	9	15	15	.33	24
Lancaster Farms	9	28	47	56	39
Northallerton	9	22	14	9	8
Onley	98	²—	²—	²—	²—
Portland	16	39	40	42	39
Reading	7	16	16	12	9
Rochester	16	18	23	13	4
Stoke Heath	20	39	56	69	76
Swifffen Hall	9	²—	²—	²—	²—
Thorn Cross	4	1		4	1
Warren Hill	12	21	34	42	50
Werrington	24	19	19	22	12
Wetherby	4	77	72	60	37
¹ Prisoner on Officer and Prisoner on Other categories are used in this table and there may be some over inclusion, for example assaults on visitors may be recorded in the Prisoner on Other category. ² In 2004 YOI Onley and YOI Swifen hall wre re-rolled as HMP/YOI Onley and HMP YOI Swiffen hall. From this date they are no longer technicall YOIs as they also hold adults.

(ii) Assaults in Secure Training CentresWhile the Youth Justice Board collects data from all secure establishments the information requested is only available from the period April 2007. The total number of incidents involving (a) trainee and trainee, and (b) trainee on staff for the period of April 2007 to March 2008 is as follows:

Secure Training Centre	Young person on young person	Young person on staff
Hassockfield STC	98	62
Medway STC	168	252
Oakhill STC	258	557
Rainsbrook STC	108	197

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

475 c129-32W;475 c128-30W; 202027

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Crimes of violence Violence Secure training centres Young offender institutions

Link

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