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Written question asked by Denis Murphy (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2009. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 March 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prison Sentences

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners are serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection in each prison in England and Wales.
Answer

The following tables give the numbers of (a) male and (b) female prisoners in each prison establishment in England and Wales who were serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection on 20 February 2008. The tables also note the number of these offenders currently located in psychiatric hospitals, and include offenders who, as under 18s, were sentenced to detention for public protection.These figures have been drawn from the NOMS IPP database, and, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Establishment Male IPPs/DPPs
Acklington 106
Albany 163
Altcourse 57
Ashfield 4
Ashwell 29
Aylesbury 103
Bedford 8
Belmarsh 30
Birmingham 57
Blundeston 37
Brinsford 14
Bristol 17
Brixton 32
Buckley Hall 17
Bullingdon 98
Camp Hill 17
Cardiff 35
Castington 21
Channings Wood 47
Chelmsford 18
Coldingley 48
Cookham Wood 3
Dartmoor 45
Deerbolt 1
Doncaster 12
Dorchester 6
Dovegate 128
Durham 17
Edmunds Hill 1
Elmley 55
Erlestoke 56
Everthorpe 32
Exeter 18
Featherstone 51
Feltham 7
Ford 3
Forest Bank 41
Frankland 88
Full Sutton 44
Garth 191
Gartree 61
Glen Parva 7
Gloucester 10
Grendon 24
Guys Marsh 32
Haverigg 30
Hewell 28
High Down 19
Highpoint 27
Hindley 50
Hollesley Bay 1
Holme House 61
Hull 78
Huntercombe 2
Kennet 7
Kingston 12
Kirkham 7
Lancaster Castle 3
Lancaster Farms 21
Latchmere House 1
Leeds 32
Leicester 7
Lewes 22
Leyhill 2
Lincoln 8
Lindholme 51
Littlehey 52
Liverpool 54
Long Lartin 58
Lowdham Grange 145
Maidstone 13
Manchester 111
Moorland 86
Mount 80
North Sea Camp 1
Norwich 11
Nottingham 24
Onley 20
Parc 65
Parkhurst 140
Pentonville 45
Peterborough 25
Portland 16
Prescoed 2
Preston 19
Ranby 49
Reading 11
Risley 90
Rochester 6
Rye Hill 146
Shepton Mallett 11
Shrewsbury 6
Springhill 1
Stafford 65
Standford Hill 7
Stocken 75
Stoke Heath 2
Sudbury 4
Swaleside 215
Swansea 5
Swinfen Hall 179
Usk 44
Verne 12
Wakefield 35
Wandsworth 95
Warren Hill 9
Wayland 96
Wealstun 32
Wellingborough 47
Werrington 1
Wetherby 14
Whatton 115
Whitemoor 45
Winchester 15
Wolds 38
Woodhill 33
Wormwood Scrubs 13
Wymott 59
Subtotal 4,902
Psychiatric hospitals (various) 78
Total 4980
Establishment Number of female IPPs/DPPs
Askham Grange 3
Bronzefield 2
Downview 14
Drake Hall 3
Eastwood Park 4
Foston Hall 4
Holloway 19
Low Newton 22
New Hall 17
Peterborough 5
Send 22
Styal 10
Subtotal 125
Psychiatric hospitals (various) 15
Total 140

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
490 c317-9W; 265165
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Prison sentences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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