§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners, and of what grades, have been released early from each prison in each of the counties of Yorkshire due to miscalculation of their release dates. [5178]
§ Miss WiddecombeRecords are not kept centrally on a regular basis of the number and security classification of prisoners who have been released early due to error in calculating their sentences. This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Following the issue of guidance in a sentence calculation manual on the counting of remand time in consecutive sentences, a total of 66 prisoners were released early in August this year from prisons in Yorkshire; and in the light of the recent decision of the High Court in the cases of Evans and Reid relating to concurrent sentences, a total of six prisoners held in prisons in Yorkshire were released as of 20 November following recalculation of their sentences. Young offenders are not categorised in the same way as adult male prisoners for security purposes. They are classified on the basis of suitability for open or closed conditions.
Prison Number Security classification Doncaster 3 2 category C; one young offender (closed) Full Sutton 8 All category B Hull 2 Both category C Leeds 4 All category C Northallerton 2 Both young offenders (closed) Wolds 6 4 category C; 2 category D Everthorpe 4 All category C Wealston 23 16 category C; 7 Category D Lindholme 5 Category C Hatfield 11 All young offenders (closed) Moorland 1 Young offenders (closed) Wetherby 3 All young offenders (closed)