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Young Offender Institutions

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young offender institutions there are in England; and how many places those institutions provide. (168309)

There are 20 establishments in England that only hold remanded or sentenced 18 to 21-year-olds and/or under 18-year-olds.

Establishment

Operational capacity1

Ashfield

400

Aylesbury

444

Brinsford

489

Castington

410

Cookham Wood

17

Deerbolt

452

Feltham

762

Glen Parva

808

Hindley

539

Huntercombe

365

Lancaster Farms

527

Northallerton

252

Portland

557

Reading

287

Rochester

392

Stoke Heath

632

Thorn Cross

321

Warren Hill

222

Werrington

162

Wetherby

384

Total

8,422

1 Operational capacity describes the total number of prisoners that an establishment can hold taking into account control, security and the proper operation of the planned regime.

There are also a number of young offender units within adult establishments. All women young offenders are held in accommodation designated for young offenders within adult women's prisons.