HC Deb 30 May 1963 vol 678 c1531
33. Mr. Lubbock

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT, a list of prisons in London and the Home Counties, giving the number of prisoners in each, and the number sleeping three to a cell in each.

Miss Pike

Yes, Sir. I will, with permission, circulate, the figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following are the figures:

7TH MAY, 1963*
Prison Population Three in a Cell
Prisons for Men
Brixton 777 255
Pentonville 1,392 654
Wandsworth 1,606 597
Wormwood Scrubs 1,125 327
Chelmsford 219
Maidstone 428
Canterbury 363 273
Eastchurch 520
Bedford 244 126
Aylesbury 119
Grendon 91
Spring Hill 147
Ford 411
Lewes 271
7,713 2,232
Prisons for Women
Holloway 437
Hill Hall 49
486
* The latest date for which both sets of figures are readily available.
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