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Mar 3, 2023 · Number of deaths increased from the previous 12-month period: In the 12 months to December 2021, there were 371 deaths in prison custody, an increase of 17% from 318 deaths the previous 12 months ...
Jan 26, 2023 · Number of deaths decreased from the previous 12-month period: In the 12 months to December 2022, there were 301 deaths in prison custody, a decrease of 19% from 371 deaths the previous 12 months ...
- The rate of self-harm incidents decreased slightly in the male estate from the previous 12-month period but increased in the female estate. There w...
- Assaults and serious assaults increased from the previous 12-month period. In the 12 months to September 2022, there were 20,872 assault incidents,...
- Of the 20,872 assault incidents, 2,341 (11%) were serious. In the 12 months to September 2022, there were 2,341 serious assault incidents, a 21% in...
- Covid-19Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been keen public and Parliamentary interest in how the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and He...
The total prison population has fallen since the first quarter of 2020, falling more so for certain population groups2. As at 30 June 2021, the total prison population was around 4,700 or 6% 1 Data on deaths is published three months ahead of self-harm and assaults. Therefore, the deaths annual publication
The IOPC’s 2019/2020 Report shows that 23% of total deaths in or following police custody between 2015 and 2020 (i.e. 20 of 86 deaths) were people of BME background. Moreover, 70% of BME deaths (14 of 20) were of Black people, 20% were Asian, and 5% were ‘Mixed and Other’, respectively. In the year 2019/20, there were 18 deaths in or ...
Jan 26, 2023 · In the context of prison deaths caused by suicide or drugs, a jury may be involved. Therefore, the investigation of prison deaths can take additional time to establish the cause of death. The median registration delay for suicide deaths in the prison population between 2008 and 2019 was 595 days, compared with 155 days for the general population.
Jul 25, 2019 · Male prisoners in England and Wales were 3.7 times more likely to die from suicide than men in the general population and had the same risk of dying from a drug-related poisoning. New experimental analysis from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) identified 1,830 deaths in prison custody from 2008 to 2016 through confidential matching of data from HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).
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Jul 18, 2024 · Number of deaths in prison custody in England and Wales 1978-2023. In 2023, there were 311 deaths in prison custody in England and Wales, compared with 301 in the previous year, and 371 in 2021 ...
