Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer on 25 February,Official Report, column 398, on recaptures of escaped prisoners, what sentence the escapers had been given; and how much had been served in each case.
§ Mrs RumboldIketa Margarita Jackson was serving a sentence of four years' imprisonment and had served one year three months and 15 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Salamat Oluwag-Bemigun was serving a sentence of four years six months' imprisonment and had served two years three months and three days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Florence Amawuage Asore was serving a sentence of five years' imprisonment and had served two years and five months and one day, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Molly Donalds was serving a sentence of five years' imprisonment and had served one year and two days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Karen Rhoden was serving a sentence of eight years' imprisonment and had served one year and 13 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Patricia Weir was serving a sentence of six years' imprisonment and had served one year two months and 22 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answers of 6 March,Official Report, column 158, on recaptures of escaped prisoners, what sentence the escapers had been given; and how much had been served in each case.
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§ Mrs. RumboldMavis Mary Sasu was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and had served nine months and 14 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Mojisola-Ishodi Soetan was sentenced to six years' imprisonment and had served one year six months and 19 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Regina Morays Aina was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and had served two years and 15 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Aderinsola Abosede Agbabiaka was sentenced to four years' imprisonment and had served 10 months and 25 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Bernadette Ambrose was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment and had served one year eight months and 27 days, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Kudi Balogun was sentenced to two years and six months' imprisonment and had served one year and eight months, including time spent on remand, when she absconded.
Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the differences in the methods before November 1990 and thereafter of recording recaptured or surrendered prisoners who absconded from open prisons.
§ Mrs. Rumbold[holding answer 15 March 1991]The essential difference is that information is now collected centrally direct from prisons and stored on a computer. Previously it was collected and processed manually by each of the now defunct regional offices.