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Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in England and Wales in which restraints have been used on inmates during the last three years; and how many times restraints have been used at each prison during this period.
Mrs. Rumbold
The number of applications of restraints under rule 46 of the Prison Rules 1964, rule 49 of the Detention Centre Rules 1983, rule 49 of the Youth Custody Centre Rules 1983 and rule 49 of the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 are given in the table.
| Restraints1applied to violent or refractory inmates of prison service establishments in England and Wales: by establishment, 1987–89 | |||
| Establishment and type | Number of applications | ||
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Local prisons/remand centres | |||
| Ashford | — | — | 5 |
| Bedford | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Birmingham | — | 10 | 3 |
| Bristol | — | — | 1 |
| Brixton | — | — | 6 |
| Camp Hill | — | — | 5 |
| Canterbury | 1 | — | — |
| Cardiff | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Chelmsford | — | 1 | 1 |
| Durham | — | 1 | — |
| Exeter | 2 | — | — |
| Hull | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Leeds | 1 | 1 | — |
| Establishment and type | Number of applications | ||
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Leicester | 5 | 17 | 4 |
| Lewes | — | 1 | 4 |
| Lincoln | — | 5 | 4 |
| Oxford | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pentonville | 2 | 1 | — |
| Reading | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Risley | — | — | 2 |
| Rochester | — | — | 2 |
| Swansea | 1 | — | — |
| Wandsworth | 5 | 10 | 7 |
| Wormwood Scrubs | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Training prisons | |||
| Acklington | — | — | 2 |
| Albany | 2 | — | 20 |
| Blundeston | 4 | — | — |
| Camp Hill | 2 | 6 | — |
| Chelmsford | 1 | — | — |
| Cookham Wood | — | — | 1 |
| Dartmoor | 1 | — | — |
| Frankland | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Full Sutton | — | 7 | 9 |
| Garth | — | 1 | — |
| Havering | — | — | 1 |
| Lindholme | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Long Lartin | 4 | 3 | — |
| Parkhurst | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Preston | — | — | 2 |
| Shepton Mallet | — | 3 | — |
| Stafford | 3 | — | 1 |
| 7Styal | 1 | — | — |
| Wakefield | 2 | — | — |
| Wayland | — | — | 1 |
| Young offender institutions/youth custody centres/detention centres | |||
| Aylesbury | — | 1 | 5 |
| Buckley Hall | — | 1 | — |
| Dover | 7 | — | 5 |
| Glen Parva | 1 | 1 | — |
| Guys Marsh | 1 | — | 3 |
| Hatfield | — | 1 | — |
| Hollesley Bay | 1 | — | — |
| Onley | 1 | 2 | — |
| Rochester | 8 | — | — |
| All establishments | 90 | 103 | 125 |
| 1 Loose canvas jacket, body belt, handcuffs and ankle straps. No leather wrist straps were used. | |||