| Country | UNITED KINGDOM: ENGLAND & WALES | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Her Majesty's Prison Service/National Offender Management Service (NOMS) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Cleland House, Page Street, London SW1P 4LN, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +44 207 217 6000 fax: +44 207 217 6961 web: www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmps |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Michael Spurr
Director General/Chief Executive |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
84,083
at 26.4.2013 (Ministry of Justice - not including juveniles in Secure Training Centres and Local Authority Secure Children's Homes, of which there were 366 at 31.12.2012) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
149
based on an estimated national population of 56.49 million at end of April 2013 (from Office for National Statistics figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
12.7%
(31.12.2012 - 8.7% untried, 4.0% convicted unsentenced) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
4.6%
(26.4.2013) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
1.2%
(31.12.2012 - under 18. In addition to these 989 juveniles, a further 224 were being held in Secure Training Centres and 142 in Local Authority Secure Children's Homes.) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
12.6%
(31.12.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
133
(January 2013 - 130 prisons, 3 Immigration Removal Centres) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 78,597
(22.3.2013 - certified normal accommodation in use) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
107.6%
(22.3.2013) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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World Prison Brief supplied by the International Centre for Prison Studies, maintained by Roy Walmsley
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