Mr. ThomasCox asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to establish in England a prison for young offenders.
§ Mr. BrittanThere are at present four young prisoner centres solely for males under 21 years of age sentenced to imprisonment. A fifth centre is under construction and the current building programme will provide two more by the late 1980s.
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§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in the United Kingdom that at present receive young offenders, and the number held on 1 May.
§ Mr. BrittanThe prisons in England and Wales that receive persons sentenced to imprisonment under 21 years of age are listed below together with details of the numbers held on 31 March 1980. In addition, 586 other males and females under 21 years of age sentenced to borstal training were held in local prisons, remand centres and borstal allocation centres prior to their allocation to training borstals.
Prison Number of young prisoners held on 31 March 1980 Males Ashford 52 Aylesbury 314 Bedford 11 Birmingham 141 Bristol 11 Brockhill 1 Canterbury 39 Cardiff 36 Castington 54 Durham 66 Erlestoke 190 Exeter 78 Gloucester 8 Grendon 56 Latchmere House 23 Leeds 91 Leicester 37 Lincoln 64 Liverpool 258 Low Newton 97 Manchester 202 Norwich 43 Onley 351 Oxford 16 Pucklechurch 19 Reading 29 Risley 6 Shrewsbury 32 Swinfen Hall 179 Thorp Arch 2 Winchester 15 Wormwood Scrubs 243
Prison Number of young prisoners held on 31 March 1980 Females Askham Grange 9 Drake Hall 24 Holloway 19 Low Newton 4 Moor Court 2 Pucklechurch 8 Risley 17 Styal 48