HC Deb 14 July 1976 vol 915 cc172-3W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report those prisons in the United Kingdom that are both overcrowded and under-staffed, indicating the degree of overcrowding and understaffing in each case.

Mr. John

The following table shows those penal establishments in England and Wales which at 31st May both had a population in excess of their certified normal accommodation and were short of

Establishment Certified Normal Accommodation Population Authorised Strength Staff in Post
Male—
Albany 296 302 269 251
Ashwell 400 423 48 46
Aylesbury 294 310 105 98
Bedford 179 308 93 89
Brixton 649 982 430 400
Camp Hill 323 459 149 145
Cardiff—Prison 273 371 148 146
Cardiff—Remand Centre 67 90
Durham 665 1,046 251 250
Exeter—Prison 327 512 155 152
Exeter—Remand Centre 44 57
Hindley Borstal 312 324 80 79
Leeds 592 1,095 245 242
Liverpool 1,041 1,544 296 295
Low Newton Remand Centre 159 203 54 53
Manchester—Prison 916 1,389 289 281
Manchester—Borsta 205 306
Norwich 312 428 142 129
Oxford 159 285 94 87
Stafford 570 754 140 138
Thorp Arch Remand Centre 101 158 47 45
Winchester—Prison 424 568 195 185
Winchester—Remand Centre 62 90
Wormwood Scrubs—Prison 1,007 1,548 383 338
Wormwood Scrubs—Borstal 201 236
Female—
Bullwood Hall Borstal 108 126 58 54
Holloway 288 363 133 105
Styal 204 220 88 68