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Young Offender Institutions: Crimes of Violence

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 12 June 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) assaults by prisoners on staff and (b) assaults by prisoners on other prisoners there were in each young offender institution in each year since 2003. (141559)

The information requested is set out in the following table. The data are taken from the Prison Service Incident Reporting System and the figures therefore relate to incidents reported.

YOI

Assault type

2003

2004

2005

2006

12007

Ashfield

Prisoner on officer

62

71

152

127

21

Prisoner on other

8

19

28

9

4

Prisoner on prisoner

271

304

500

625

130

Aylesbury

Prisoner on officer

15

5

15

18

2

Prisoner on other

1

2

Prisoner on prisoner

26

21

78

80

18

Brinsford

Prisoner on officer

31

26

17

8

2

Prisoner on other

8

8

2

2

Prisoner on prisoner

304

326

344

187

28

Castington

Prisoner on officer

52

53

50

42

10

Prisoner on other

4

4

4

1

Prisoner on prisoner

312

384

361

360

88

Deerbolt

Prisoner on officer

5

25

32

21

8

Prisoner on other

1

3

1

1

Prisoner on prisoner

167

205

164

152

31

Feltham

Prisoner on officer

102

169

129

115

24

Prisoner on other

1

4

9

3

1

Prisoner on prisoner

569

576

549

476

105

Glen Parva

Prisoner on officer

27

39

31

40

12

Prisoner on other

2

5

1

Prisoner on prisoner

241

230

269

341

75

Hindley

Prisoner on officer

23

13

30

55

9

Prisoner on other

4

1

2

3

1

Prisoner on prisoner

111

63

112

348

98

Huntercombe

Prisoner on officer

18

15

14

32

6

Prisoner on other

1

1

1

Prisoner on prisoner

77

79

95

184

53

Lancaster Farms

Prisoner on officer

9

27

46

51

13

Prisoner on other

1

1

5

2

Prisoner on prisoner

17

185

435

363

96

Northallerton

Prisoner on officer

11

13

10

6

Prisoner on other

8

9

4

3

2

Prisoner on prisoner

82

84

104

82

20

Portland

Prisoner on officer

15

39

37

41

9

Prisoner on other

1

3

1

Prisoner on prisoner

61

125

154

127

36

Rochester

Prisoner on officer

15

16

23

13

1

Prisoner on other

1

2

Prisoner on prisoner

51

102

78

100

22

Stoke Heath

Prisoner on officer

20

37

52

63

14

Prisoner on other

2

4

6

2

Prisoner on prisoner

137

239

438

506

108

Swinfen Hall

Prisoner on officer

8

4

10

9

1

Prisoner on other

1

1

Prisoner on prisoner

110

96

104

89

18

Thorn Cross

Prisoner on officer

3

1

I

3

Prisoner on other

1

1

Prisoner on prisoner

39

7

19

143

17

Wellington

Prisoner on officer

21

18

19

19

1

Prisoner on other

3

1

3

Prisoner on prisoner

129

104

139

143

18

Wetherby

Prisoner on officer

11

70

66

56

10

Prisoner on other

3

7

6

4

1

Prisoner on prisoner

175

414

492

401

86

1 Year to 28 March 2007.