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Mrs. Wise
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons there are; and of these, how many are closed prisons and how many are open prisons.
Dr. Summerskill
There are 114 prisons—including remand centres, borstals and detention centres—for men and women in England and Wales of which 21 are open establishments.