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Mr. Kilroy-Silk
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles were accommodated in adult prisons (a) on remand and (b) under sentence on the most recent convenient date.
Mr. Mellor
The latest available information is given in the following table. It is normal for young males to be kept apart from adult males whereas in establishments for females, women and girls may mix.
| Persons aged under 17 held in adult prisons in England and Wales on 31 March 1985: by type of prisoner | ||
| Number* | ||
| Untried and convicted unsentenced | Sentenced | |
| Adult prisons with remand units/wings for prisoners aged under 21† | 1 | 20 |
| Remand centres taking remand prisoners of all age‡ | 35 | 15 |
| Other adult prisons | 6 | 22 |
| * The figures are those recorded centrally. | ||
| † Cardiff, Dorchester, Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, Swansea, and Winchester. | ||
| ‡ Ashford, Low Newton, Manchester. Pucklechurch and Risley. | ||