§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are detained in shared cells and how many prisoners are in cells shared by three persons; and what were the corresponding figures in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. SummerskillFollowing is the information requested:
Two in a cell Three in a cell Total 1975 (13th July) … 10,342 5,298 15,640 1974 (14th July) … 9,660 3,162 12,822 1973 (end June) … 8,582 3,666 12,248 1972 (end June) … 6,814 5,766 12,580 1971 (end June) … 6,212 8,238 14,450 1970 (end June) … 3,572 8,973 12,545
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many female prisoners there are; and how many there were in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. SummerskillOn 15th July 1975 the total number of female prisoners was 1,313 and on the corresponding date in each of the last five years the numbers were:
1974 … … … … 1,043 1973 … … … … 1,070 1972 … … … … 978 1971 … … … … 1,046 1970 … … … … 1,022
§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the names of the prisoners who have died in custody in Her Majesty's prisons and other establishments for which his Department is responsible over the past four years, the prisons in which they died. 575W and the relevant inquest verdicts in each case.
§ Dr. SummerskillIt would be inappropriate to give names. Following are the other details requested:
1974 Establishment Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide Males Closed Prisons Albany 0 1 0 Birmingham 2 0 1 Bristol 1 0 0 Brixton 2 1 1 Cardiff 1 0 0 Gartree 1 0 0 Gloucester 1 0 0 Hull 1 0 0 Latchmere House 0 0 1 Leeds 4 0 0 Leicester 1 0 0 Lewes 1 0 0 Liverpool 3 1 0 Lincoln 0 0 2 Manchester 2 0 0 Norwich 1 0 0 Nottingham 1 0 0 Parkhurst 0 0 1 Pentonville 1 0 0 Portsmouth (Kingston) 1 0 0 Swansea 1 0 0 Wakefield 1 0 0 Winchester Prison 3 0 0 Winchester Remand Centre 0 1 0 Wormwood Scrubs 1 1 0 Total 30 5 6
Open Prisons Ashwell … … 1 0 0 Ford … … 2 0 0 Total … … 3 0 0
Borstals Gaynes Hall … 0 1 0 Wetherby … 0 1 0 Total … 0 2 0
Detention Centres Whatton—Total … 1 0 0
Females Holloway—Total … 0 1 0 576W
1973 Establishment Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide Males Closed Prisons Albany … 0 2 0 Ashford … 0 0 2 Birmingham … 1 0 0 Bristol … 2 0 2
Establishment Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide Brixton 4 0 2 Dartmoor 0 0 1 Gloucester 1 1 0 Hull 1 0 1 Leeds 2 0 1 Leicester 1 0 0 Liverpool 1 0 1 Lincoln 1 0 0 Manchester 1 0 0 Norwich 2 0 0 Oxford 1 0 0 Parkhurst 1 0 0 Pentonville 3 0 1 Preston 1 0 0 Risley 2 0 0 Wakefield 1 0 1 Wandsworth 5 0 1 Winchester 2 0 0 Wormwood Scrubs 3 0 1 Exeter 2 0 0 Total 38 3 14
Open Prisons Ford … … 1 0 0 Kirkham … … 2 0 0 Sudbury … … 2 0 0 Total … … 5 0 0
Borstals Grendon—Total … 0 1 0 577W
1972 Establishment Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide Males Closed Prisons Bedford 0 1 0 Birmingham 1 0 1 Blundeston 2 0 0 Bristol 0 0 1 Brixton 0 0 1 Cardiff 1 0 0 Chelmsford 1 0 0 Dorchester 1 0 0 Durham 1 0 0 Hull 1 0 0 Leeds 0 0 2 Leicester 0 0 1 Lincoln 2 0 0 Liverpool 1 0 1 Maidstone 1 0 0 Parkhurst 2 0 0 Pentonville 2 0 0 Portsmouth (Kingston) 1 0 0 Preston 1 0 0 Shepton Mallet 1 0 0 Shrewsbury 1 0 0 Wakefield 1 0 1 Wandsworth 2 0 3 Winchester 1 0 1 Wormwood Scrubs 4 0 1 Dartmoor 1 0 0 Total 29 1 13
Establishment Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide Open Prisons Ford … 2 0 0 Kirkham … 1 0 0 Sudbury … 2 0 0 Thorp Arch … 1 0 0 Total … 6 0 0
Borstals Rochester … … 0 1 0 Feltham … … 0 1 0 Total … … 0 2 0
Detention Centres Campsfield House … 1 0 0 Erlestoke … 0 1 0 Total … 1 1 0
1971 Establishment Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide Males Closed Prisons Bristol 3 0 2 Brixton 4 0 0 Canterbury 2 0 0 Dartmoor 0 0 1 Exeter 4 0 1 Hull 1 0 0 Leeds 1 0 1 Leicester 1 1 0 Lewes 1 1 0 Lincoln 1 0 1 Liverpool 6 1 1 Manchester 0 1 0 Parkhurst 1 3 0 Pentonville 6 0 1 Reading 0 0 1 Wakefield 1 0 0 Wandsworth 3 1 1 Winchester 1 0 0 Wormwood Scrubs 2 0 1 Durham 0 0 1 Cardiff Remand Centre 0 0 1 Total 38 8 13
Open Prisons Eastchurch … 1 0 0 Ford … 3 0 0 Thorp Arch … 1 0 0 Total … 5 0 0
Borstals Dover … … 1 0 0 Rochester … … 1 0 0 Total … … 2 0 0
Detention Centres Whatton—Total … 1 0 0 578W
Females Holloway—Total … 0 2 0
SUMMARY Year Natural Verdict Non-Natural Suicide 1974 … … 34 8 6 1973 … … 43 4 14 1972 … … 36 4 13 1971 … … 46 10 13 Total … … 159 26 46