HC Deb 12 February 1985 vol 73 cc88-9W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the numbers, ages, sex, location, sentence and length of time held of those juveniles in adult penal establishments at the latest available date.

Mr. Mellor

The information available is given in the following tables:

Sentenced juveniles held in adult prisons in England and Wales on 30 November 1984: by type of establishment; time since first reception into a prison department establishment; under sentence*, sex and age
Type of establishment and time since reception under sentence* 15 16 Total
M F M F M F
Adult prisons with remand units/wings for prisoners aged under 21:
Up to 1 month 12 12
Over 1 months up to 2 months 3 3
Over 2 months up to 3 months 1 1
Over 3 months up to 6 months
Total 16 16
Remand centres taking remand prisoners of all ages:
Up to 1 month 2 9 11
Over 1 month up to 2 months
Over 2 months up to 3 months 1 1
Over 3 months up to 6 months 1 1
Total 3 10 13
Other adult establishments:
Up to 1 month 3 4 3 7 3
Over 1 month up to 2 months 1 1 1 1
Over 2 months up to 3 months
Over 3 months up to 6 months 1 1
Total 4 5 4 9 4
Grand Total 7 31 4 38 4
* Reception under sentence may have been into a different establishment; some of the intervening time may have been spent elsewhere.

Sentenced juveniles* held in adult prisons in England and Wales on 30 November 1984: by establishment, age and sex
Establishment 15 16 Total
M F M F M F
Adult prisons with remand units/wings for prisoners aged under 21:
Dorchester 1 1
Liverpool 6 6
Manchester 9 9
Total 16 16
Remand centres taking remand prisoners of all ages:
Low Newton 2 9 11
Pucklechurch 1 1
Risley 1 1
Total 3 10 13
Other adult prisons:
Bedford 1 1
Birmingham 2 1 3
Bristol 1 1
Canterbury 1 1
Gloucester 1 1
Holloway 4 4
Lincoln 1 1
Reading 1 1
Total 4 5 4 9 4
Grand Total 7 31 4 38 4
* All youth custody trainees except for two detained in Manchester, one in Risley and two in Holloway under S.53(2), Children and Young Persons Act 1933.

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