§ Mr. Litherlandasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young prisoners allocated to borstal centres have been reclassified as adults and admitted to Strangeways prison, Manchester; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Mayhew1,471 sentenced young prisoners were received at Manchester during 1981, and 232 were reclassified to adult status. Young prisoners are held in the young prisoner section of the young offender wing which also contains the borstal allocation unit. If young prisoners are reclassified to adult status they are moved to the adult wings of the prison before being transferred to adult training establishments.