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Prison Population

Volume 929: debated on Monday 4 April 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report the population of certified normal accommodation of each prison, remand centre, borstal and detention centre at the latest available date.

The information requested is given in the following table, which indicates the position on 13th February last:

ESTABLISHMENT AND POPULATION IN CNA
Establishments for Male Offenders
Remand Centres
Ashford412
Brockhill137
Cardiff100
Exeter54
Latchmere136
Low Newton251
Norwich52
Pucklechurch85
Risley764
Thorp Arch156
Winchester119
Local Prisons
Bedford272
Birmingham1,018
Bristol559
Brixton1,048
Camp Hill1
Cardiff388
Canterbury327
Durham1,024
Dorchester243
Exeter433
Gloucester338
Leeds1,067
Leicester365
Lewes353
Lincoln525
Liverpool1,559
Manchester1,495
Norwich399
Oxford283
Pentonville1,339
Shrewsbury256
Swansea287
Wandsworth1,377
Winchester560
Wormwood Scrubs1,365
Closed Training Prisons
Acklington301
Albany272
Aylesbury306
Blundeston404
Channings Wood237
Chelmsford192
Camp Hill494
Coldingley269
Dartmoor450
Erlestoke27
Exeter38
Featherstone158
Grendon170
Gartree238
Haverigg467
Hull83
Kingston (Portsmouth)101
Lancaster199
Long Lartin318
Maidstone393
Northallerton187
Northeye335
Nottingham249
Onley340
Parkhurst379
Preston543
Ranby481
Reading143
Shepton Mallet251
Stafford733
Standford Hill169
Swinfen Hall173
Verne499
Wakefield733
Open Training Prisons
Appleton Thorn298
Ashwell322
Ford541
Kirkham401
Leyhill296
Rudgate308
Springhill188
Standford Hill366
Sudbury348
Borstals
Feltham (Finnamore)50
Gaynes Hall164
Gringley71
Guys Marsh183
Hatfield196
Hewell Grange93
Hollesly Bay354
Lowdham Grange210
Usk82
Westerby224
Deerbolt156
Dover201
Everthorpe359
Feltham268
Glen Parva278
Grendon10
Hindley306
Huntercombe167
Manchester197
Portland453
Rochester389
Stoke Heath438
Wellingborough315
Wormwood Scrubs146
Detention Centres
Campsfield House60
Eastwood Park128
Foston Hall72
Kirklevington130
Send89
Whatton (Junior)104
Aldington80
Blantyre house83
Buckley Hall81
Haslar66
Hollesley Bay97
Medomsley69
New Hall72
North Sea Camp135
Usk83
Werrington74
Watton (Senior)84
Sub-Total (Males39,364
Establishments for Female Offenders
Remand Centres
Low Newton28
Pucklechurch61
Risley147
Prisons
Askham Grange115
Drake Hall98
Durham36
East Sutton Park17
Holloway292
Moor Court102
Styal200
Borstals
Bulwood Hall123
East Sutton Park38
Styal15
Sub-Total (Females)1,272
Grand Total (Males and Females)40,636

Some 660 other prisoners were held in hospital and other units not forming part of certified normal accommodation.