§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy that every prisoner whose home is in Wales may be held within a prison in Wales if he or she so wishes.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 19 December 1986, Vol. 1, c. 734]: The only accommodation presently available for male offenders in Wales is in Cardiff and Swansea prisons, and these are already fully committed as local prisons for male adults serving the courts in south and mid-Wales. There are also two male young offender establishments, Usk and Prescoed camp, in Wales and we try to accommodate Welsh young offenders in them if their home is nearby. There is no facilty for female prisoners to be held in Wales.