HC Deb 30 January 1958 vol 581 cc90-1W
52. Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners on preventive detention in Her Majesty's prisons, who during each of the last 10 years have had part of their sentences remitted, have later been found guilty or have been acquitted of other crimes subsequently committed.

Mr. R. A. Butler

All prisoners serving sentences of preventive detention axe eligible for release before they have served the whole of their sentence, those who are admitted to third stage after serving two-thirds of the sentence, and those who remain in second stage after serving five-sixths. I regret that the rest of the information sought by the hon. Member is not available in the form requested, but I am circulating a table for the years 1952–56 giving information about prisoners reconvicted after discharge from second and third stage, respectively.

Following is the table:

PRISONERS SENTENCED TO PREVENTIVE DETENTION—DISCHARGES AND RECONVICTIONS AS AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1956
Year Third stage Second stage
Discharged Reconvicted Discharged Reconvicted
1952 15 9
1953 18 17 86 63
1954 15 9 85 60
1955 11 4 93 45
1956 25 1 98 29
TOTALS 84 40 362 197