HOLLOWAY: C1 UNIT PRISONERS' SELF-MUTILATION AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS

HL Deb 18 March 1987 vol 485 c1509WA

Baroness Ewart-Biggs

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many attempts at self-mutilation, attempted and actual SUICIDE have occurred in C1 unit at Holloway prison during the last year.

The Earl of Caithness

In C1 Unit at Holloway Prison between 9th March 1986 and 9th March 1987 there were 42 attempts at self-mutilation, 10 attempted SUICIDEs and no actual SUICIDEs. "Self-mutilation" in these cases ranged from scratches to serious injury