§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the latest available figures from the staff-inmate ratios in dispersal prisons during the time that inmates are unlocked.
§ Mr. MellorThe seven dispersal prisons vary considerably in size, design, function and population. Comparisons between staff/inmate ratios need therefore to be made with some care. As at 1 September 1989 the position was as follows:
Prison Prisoners Officers in post Prisoners per officer Typical number of prisoners per officer at time of unlocking Albany 375 317 1.2 3.0 Frankland 388 396 1.0 2.4 Full Sutton 386 381 1.0 2.5 Gartree 316 290 1.1 2.7 Long Lartin 425 337 1.3 3.1 Parkhurst 224 338 0.7 1.7 Wakefield 689 429 1.6 4.0