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2 days ago · 1. Introduction. The Deaths of offenders supervised in the community statistics bulletin covers the deaths of offenders in England and Wales that occurred while they were under probation ...
- Deaths: 12 Months Ending June 2021
- Self-Harm: 12 Months to March 2021
- Assaults: 12 Months to March 2021
- Further Information
Figure 1: Quarterly 12-month rolling rate of deaths per 1,000 prisoners, 12 months ending June 2011 to 12 months ending June 2021, with quarterly rates In the 12 months to June 2021, there were 396 deaths in prison custody (a rate of 5.0 per 1,000 prisoners), an increase from 295 deaths in the previous 12 months (a rate of 3.6 per 1,000 prisoners)....
Statistics for the 12 months to March 2021 relate to the exceptional period since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the restricted regimes prisons put in place in order to safely manage the risks of infection during the pandemic (see Further Information at the end of this bulletin). This affects the comparability of the statistics with earlier...
Statistics for the 12 months to March 2021 relate to the exceptional period since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the restricted regimes prisons put in place in order to safely manage the risks of infection during the pandemic (see Further Information at the end of this bulletin). This affects the comparability of the statistics with earlier...
Covid-19
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been keen public and Parliamentary interest in how the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) are managing the running of prisons and the probation system to limit the spread of the virus while maintaining the core functions of these vital parts of the justice system. The core tenet of HMPPS’s prison strategy, building on Public Health England (PHE) and Public Health Wales (PHW) advice and learning...
Accompanying files
As well as this bulletin, the following products are published as part of this release: 1. A technical guide providing further information on how the data are collected and processed, as well as information on the revisions policy and legislation relevant to sentencing trends and background on the functioning of the criminal justice system. 2. A set of summary tables for the latest quarter, and annual tables up to the latest calendar year. 3. Underlying data files with pivot tables, giving lo...
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National Statistics status means that official statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value. All official statistics should comply with all aspects of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. They are awarded National Statistics status following an assessment by the UK Statistics Authority’s (UKSA) regulatory arm. The UKSA considers whether the statistics meet the highest standards of Code compliance, including the value they add to public decisions...
Jan 28, 2021 · Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody and HMPPS Immigration Removal Centres in England and Wales, with figures in the summary tables in the...
- Number of deaths increased In the 12 months to December 2020, there were 318 deaths in prison custody, an increase of 6% from 300 deaths in the pre...
- Self-harm incidents have decreased overall by % in the latest year. There were 58,870 self-harm incidents in the 12 months to September 2020, down...
- Assaults and serious assaults decreased from the previous 12-month period. In the 12 months to September 2020, there were 24,407 assault incidents,...
- Of the 24,407 assault incidents, 2,734 (11%) were serious. In the 12 months to September 2020, there were 2,734 serious assault incidents, a 30% de...
- Gender The majority of deaths in custody in 2020 (98%) occurred in the male estate, a finding that has been consistent over time. There were 7 deat...
- 6.1 Covid-19Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been keen public and Parliamentary interest in how the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) an...
Jul 30, 2019 · Based on research conducted by PRI and the prisonDEATH team,5 it examines the key challenges in definitions and data on deaths in prisons, the leading causes of death across regions, and what happens in practice to prevent, manage, and investigate deaths in prison.
Characteristics of suicide and drug-related deaths in offenders in the community. Most deaths from all causes in offenders between 2011 and 2021 occurred in those with a court-ordered sentence...
Source: Safety in custody statistics quarterly update to December 2021 Self-harm Assaults 287 People died in prison in the year to March 2022 Rates of death in prison continue to rise after a brief decline. Due to the pandemic, last year recorded the highest number of deaths on record of which 74 were men and 1 was a woman More than a quarter
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Deaths in prison: Examining causes, responses, and prevention. Mortality rates are up to 50% higher in prison than in the community, linked to a wide range of causes and contributing factors which raise serious concerns for human rights, public health, and prison management.
