---

Prison Escapes

Answer

The number of prisoners absconding from each open prison in 2009 is shown in the following table. It is not possible to represent this as a proportion without knowing the throughput of prisoners in each prison over the year period. Whilst figures on numbers of prisoners in a prison at any point in time are held centrally, data on throughput of prisoners is not held centrally and it would incur disproportionate cost to ask each open prison to calculate this figure.There has been one abscond from HMP Prescoed/Usk relating to a prisoner convicted of violent crime between 1 March 2010 and 30 September 2010.There have been two absconds from HMP Prescoed/Usk between 1 March 2010 and 30 September 2010.The number of absconds has decreased year on year. In the financial year 2006-07 there were 555 absconds whilst in 2008-09 there were 363.Recapture rates remain high at 96%. Figures for 2009-10 are due to be published later this year.

Table: Absconds from prisons in England and Wales—January to December 2009
Establishment	Number of absconds
Askham Grange	3
Dover	2
East Sutton Park	1
Ford	33
Grendon	22
Moorland	23
Hewell	17
Hollesley Bay	12
Kirkham	12
Kirklevington	4
Leyhill	38
Lindholme	1
North Sea Camp	13
Norwich (Britten House Open Element)	3
Prescoed	3
Standford Hill	19
Sudbury	30
Thorn Cross	39
Note:
These figures have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

16598; 516 c706-7W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Prisoner escapes HMP/YOI Prescoed

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk