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HMP/YOI Doncaster: Discipline

Answer

Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe, decent and rehabilitative custodial environment. They require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly. Only Independent Adjudicators, who are District Judges or Deputy District Judges, can, in cases deemed to be sufficiently serious, make an award of additional days. All prisoners have a full opportunity to hear what is alleged against them and to present their case. Young or vulnerable prisoners, who may lack experience of adjudications, are encouraged to request help from an advocate. The most serious offences are referred to the police.

The table below provides statistics on the number of young adult prisoners awarded additional days at HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Doncaster following proven adjudications between 2013 and 2017:

Table 1: Number of unique offenders in HMYOI Doncaster by number of accumulated Additional Days Awarded following proven adjudications, 2013 to 2017⁽¹⁾

Number of accumulated days awarded		Number of offenders
Age group:		18-20
a 1-24		49
b 25-49		33
c 50-74		9
d 75-99		3
e 100-149		1
f 150+		1

(1) Note that HMP and YOI Doncaster is currently holding remand and sentenced young offenders and adult male prisoners. Therefore the table provides the number of prisoners aged between 18 and 20 and excludes all those aged above.

Data sources and quality

The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

159028

Session

2017-19

Subjects

Discipline Young offenders HMP/YOI Doncaster

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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