§ Rev. Ian Paisleyasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how may people are presently being held in prisons in Northern Ireland; and how this compares with the figures in each year since 1966.
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§ Mr. ScottOn 6 November, a total of 2,221 persons were being held in Northern Ireland prisons, of whom 413 were on remand or awaiting trial and 1,808 under sentence.
The average daily prison population from 1966 to 1982 was as follows:
Year Untried Sentenced Total 1966 22 422 444 1967 26 540 566 1968 28 586 614 1969 35 582 617 1970 61 755 816 1971 39 838 877 1972 147 745 892 1973 373 1,082 1,455 1974 498 1,451 1,949 1975 402 2,021 2,423 1976 664 1,866 2,530 1977 656 1,910 2,566 1978 603 2,210 2,813 1979 400 2,291 2,691 1980 344 1,969 2,313 1981 397 1,870 2,267 1982 415 1,822 2,237 The figures for the years 1971 to 1979 do not include persons interned or detained under emergency legislation, neither do any of the figures include borstal trainees or persons held in a young offenders centre.