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Written question asked by Baroness Stern (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 1 May 2012.

Prisons: HMP Isis

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many incidents there have been at HMP Isis of (1) assaults on prisoners, (2) assaults on staff, (3) assaults requiring hospitalisation, and (4) concerted indiscipline, for the latest 12-month period for which figures are available.
Answer

Since 2009 the MoJ has published a wide range of statistical information on various aspects of safety in custody. National and prison-level statistics on deaths, self-harm and assaults can be found at the following website location: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/statistics-and-data/prisons-and-probation/safety-in-custody.htm. The latest information covers 2010. The corresponding information for 2011 is being validated and is scheduled for release in July 2012. HMP/YOI Isis opened operationally on 26 July 2010 and started receiving offenders serving a sentence and due to be resettled into a London postcode. In 2010, there were 24 assaults recorded at HMP/YOI Isis. In relation to the detail requested, the information is provided in the following table. The figures should not be added together to form a total, as they are overlapping subsets.

2010
Prisoner-on-prisoner assault incidents 10
Assault incidents on staff 9
Assault incidents resulting in one or more hospital visits 1

Within the period above there were no reported incidents of concerted indiscipline at HMP/YOI Isis.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
16879; 736 c465WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Discipline Crimes of violence Prisoners HMP/YOI Isis
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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