§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have escaped from prison during each of the last five years; from what types of prison the escapes have been made; and, in each case, how many were recaptured.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe particulars are as follows:
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— 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955—till end of February Grendon Hall ("open" special local prison for men) — — — — 4 — Hill Hall ("open" regional training prison for women) — — — 1 — — Holloway (local, corrective training and preventive detention prison for women) — — — — 2 1 Leeds (local prison for men) — — — 2 — — Leicester (local prison for men) 1 1 — 1 — — Lewes (young prisoners' centre) — — — — — — Leyhill ("open" central prison for men) 1 1 — — — — Lincoln (local prison for men) 3 6 — 3 4 — Liverpool (local prison for men) — 1 3 — — — Maidstone (regional training prison for men) — 1 — 5 4 — Manchester (local prison for men and women) 5 6 6 12 8 — Northallerton (special local prison for men) 2 1 1 — — — Norwich (local prison for men) 3 1 — 1 2 — Nottingham (corrective training prison for men, afterwards preventive detention prison for men) — — — — 3 — Oxford (local prison for men) 1 1 1 — 2 — Parkhurst (preventive detention prison for men) 4 4 — — 2 — Pentonville (local prison for men) 1 3 1 2 2 — Preston (special local prison for men) — — — — — — Shrewsbury (local prison for men) — 1 3 3 — — Stafford (special local prison for men and Young Prisoners' Centre) 5 4 3 13 1 — Sudbury ("open" regional training prison for men) 7 1 6 2 2 1 Swansea (local prison for men) — — — — — — Verne (medium security regional training prison for men) 1 6 4 8 1 — Wakefield (central prison for "Star" men prisoners and regional training prison for men) 5 — 8 — 5 — Wandsworth (local prison for men) 1 — — — 1 — Wellingore ("open" special local prison for men) — — — — — — Winchester (local prison for men) — — 2 1 1 — Wormwood Scrubs (local and central prison for men) — — — — — — TOTAL 57 63 57 92 73 11 (22) (19) (11) (17) (6) (2) NOTES: 1. Escapes from outside working parties are included in these totals. The numbers of such escapes are shown separately in brackets beneath each annual total. 2. All these prisoners were recaptured except two of the three who escaped from Dover in February, 1955, and one who escaped from Wakefield in 1954.