§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his strategy to minimise the number of prisoners who abscond from open prisons. [125809]
§ Paul GogginsThe Prison Service strategy to minimise the number of prisoners who abscond from open prisons contains a number of strands
a thorough risk assessment process aimed at identifying prisoners suitable for the particular regime and nature of the open estate, including better collation of intelligence data and improved reception procedures;physical security upgrades at individual establishments, subject to their own risk assessment process, including better lighting and patrols;regular monitoring, on a monthly basis of abscond rates nationally, reported to the director of operations for onward dissemination to area managers;analysis of trends, including the impact of population increases which will be fed into the current review of categorisation.