§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report those prisons in the United Kingdom that are both overcrowded and under-staffed, indicating the degree of overcrowding and understaffing in each case.
§ Mr. JohnThe following table shows those penal establishments in England and Wales which at 31st May both had 173W a population in excess of their certified normal accommodation and were short of
Establishment Certified Normal Accommodation Population Authorised Strength Staff in Post Male— Albany … 296 302 269 251 Ashwell … 400 423 48 46 Aylesbury … 294 310 105 98 Bedford … 179 308 93 89 Brixton … 649 982 430 400 Camp Hill … 323 459 149 145 Cardiff—Prison … 273 371 148 146 Cardiff—Remand Centre … 67 90 Durham … 665 1,046 251 250 Exeter—Prison … 327 512 155 152 Exeter—Remand Centre … 44 57 Hindley Borstal … 312 324 80 79 Leeds … 592 1,095 245 242 Liverpool … 1,041 1,544 296 295 Low Newton Remand Centre … 159 203 54 53 Manchester—Prison … 916 1,389 289 281 Manchester—Borsta … 205 306 Norwich … 312 428 142 129 Oxford … 159 285 94 87 Stafford … 570 754 140 138 Thorp Arch Remand Centre … 101 158 47 45 Winchester—Prison … 424 568 195 185 Winchester—Remand Centre … 62 90 Wormwood Scrubs—Prison … 1,007 1,548 383 338 Wormwood Scrubs—Borstal … 201 236 Female— Bullwood Hall Borstal … 108 126 58 54 Holloway … 288 363 133 105 Styal … 204 220 88 68