The following table details the number of compensation claims received from prisoners over the last three financial years and the total amount paid in compensation, whether by way of out of court settlement or by a court award. The figures exclude private establishments. Compensation figures prior to 2004-05 were not collated centrally and those for 2007-08 have not been finalised.
The claims received each year may not be the same as those that are settled in the same period, as litigation often takes several years to resolve.
Prisoner compensation claims received Total compensation paid(£) Prison 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Acklington 8 7 10 0 8,130 9,057 Albany 7 46 69 3,500 8,626 1,400 Ashwell 5 5 5 14,500 0 727 Askham Grange 0 2 0 0 0 0 Bedford 5 3 10 0 2,300 17,114 Belmarsh 11 19 11 0 20,000 28,140 Birmingham 13 11 22 11,000 6,500 23,713 Blakenhurst 22 10 16 4,659 2,500 32,956 Blantyre House 1 0 0 0 250 0 Blundeston 1 3 3 800 0 3,907 Brinsford 1 0 1 0 0 0 Bristol 13 10 7 4,545 13,520 115,400 Brixton 14 9 13 23,433 12,360 20,000 Brockhill 0 1 2 0 0 6,000 Buckley Hall 1 3 6 375 0 0 Bullingdon 17 10 12 18,850 500 8,392 Bullwood Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 Camp Hill 2 4 4 750 150 8,500 Canterbury 0 1 0 1,100 0 0 Cardiff 8 4 6 0 3,000 46,614 Castington 4 1 1 3,000 700 1,350 Channings Wood 8 2 7 1,350 0 2,750 Chelmsford 6 2 9 1,145,005 0 12,421 Coldingley 3 2 0 5,000 0 0 Cookham Wood 1 1 1 0 0 0 Danesbury Approved School 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dartmoor 3 7 6 0 10,000 4,757 Deerbolt 3 3 2 300 500 2,500 Dorchester 3 1 1 825 20,000 3,807 Dover 1 0 0 0 0 0 Downview 0 2 0 1,800 1,000 0 Drake Hall 1 1 2 500 7,000 8,750 Durham 17 12 14 0 6,603 29,921 East Sutton Park 1 0 2 9,000 0 0 Eastwood Park 2 1 3 0 340,750 0 Edmunds Hill 0 2 2 0 0 6,750 Elmley 17 16 7 58,275 13,650 47,345 Erlestoke 7 4 4 0 0 5,500 Everthorpe 4 2 13 0 1,800 0 Exeter 15 6 5 0 5,000 37,014 Featherstone 3 6 4 0 0 0 Feltham 4 5 1 900 100 12,600 Ford 9 13 9 6,250 1,500 1,639 Foston Hall 2 0 5 0 0 0 Frankland 19 33 19 0 1,695 12,579 Full Sutton 17 29 22 0 1,383 10,232 Garth 8 14 10 0 30,250 7,657 Gartree 5 9 8 200 375 1,200 Glen Parva 1 3 1 97,500 0 0 Gloucester 4 1 5 0 6,600 1,500 Grendon/Spring Hill 3 4 6 600 7,894 1,000 Guys Marsh 5 5 4 0 200 5,660 Haverigg 4 4 12 2,000 0 8,400 He well Grange 3 2 2 0 0 1,000 High Down 8 6 10 4,300 400 0 Highpoint 6 5 6 7,000 850 14,727 Hindley 2 4 1 64,250 0 0 Hollesley Bay 2 2 3 5,000 0 24,250 Holloway 2 3 7 150 5,000 1,500 Holme House 13 5 7 14,935 150 11,421 Hull 19 11 12 8,509 2,800 46,051 Huntercombe 2 0 0 1,500 0 0 Kingston 2 2 3 0 2,225 0 Kirkham 8 17 15 5,850 5,000 27,550 Kirklevington Grange 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lancaster 11 4 4 0 625 6,557 Lancaster Farms 3 4 6 170 0 0 Latchmere House 1 1 2 0 2,500 0 Leeds 28 37 29 96,527 14,700 149,556 Leicester 16 3 6 0 1,750 17,087 Lewes 8 13 12 1,000 16,060 13,056 Leyhill 6 3 0 9,926 16,750 3,000 Lincoln 10 22 7 14,450 1,900 10,149 Lindholme 13 29 9 4,700 10,500 6,830 Littlehey 2 21 11 40 10,920 0 Liverpool 40 16 35 41,000 2,808,025 44,314 Long Lartin 35 30 30 25 6,898 11,317 Low Newton 3 4 2 0 2,000 12,614 Maidstone 8 14 9 12,150 40 5,177 Manchester 20 13 20 0 260,000 61,464 Medomsley 0 6 1 0 0 0 Moorland 7 10 12 0 3,500 6,157 Morton Hall 0 3 3 0 0 0 New Hall 4 2 6 0 2,925 15,228 North Sea Camp 6 5 2 5,750 0 1,750 Northallerton 2 1 1 0 575,000 7,614 Northendon Road Approved School 0 0 1 0 0 0 Norwich 14 3 8 1,650 10,000 23,028 Nottingham 7 13 9 0 652 33,771 Onley 2 2 2 2,000 0 70,000 Parkhurst 18 15 27 405 350 3,725 Pentonville 14 14 24 7,000 6,595 14,745 Portland 3 4 2 0 0 31,250 Preston 16 10 12 3,500 8,300 12,986 Ranby 10 10 11 0 200 1,300 Reading 0 1 0 0 0 2,100 Risley 32 9 6 325 1,350 14,064 Rochester 1 3 0 0 3,000 2,250 Send 3 1 2 0 850 2,200 Shepton Mallet 0 2 5 3,825 0 1,425 Shrewsbury 13 2 3 1,715 0 38,071 Stafford 4 1 8 1,350 0 8,714 Standford Hill 7 5 6 10,000 8,300 18,400 Stocken 6 8 3 17,000 0 1,180 Stoke Heath 2 1 5 0 0 0 Styal 8 3 6 0 4,700 12,021 Sudbury 5 2 1 200 0 3,807 Swaleside 14 12 4 264,550 2,300 10,462 Swansea 4 0 2 13,500 3,500 0 Swinfen Hall 1 2 0 0 0 0 The Mount 4 8 7 8,000 5,840 749 The Verne 8 9 6 23,015 16,500 22,847 Thorn Cross 1 0 1 0 0 0 Usk/Prescoed 2 1 4 0 0 0 Wakefield 12 27 35 8,000 28,342 11,840 Wandsworth 38 24 20 44,067 8,053 16,705 Warren Hill 0 1 0 0 0 0 Wayland 7 8 12 1,500 3,310 17,014 Wealstun 6 4 9 3,750 0 4,700 Weare 4 7 1 5,359 6,005 7,250 Wellingborough 10 2 10 1,774 10,600 6,000 Werrington 0 1 0 0 0 0 Wetherby 1 2 5 0 0 0 Whatton 3 4 11 2,000 0 0 Whitemoor 18 55 65 0 1,699 3,532 Winchester 17 6 8 425 500 46,294 Woodhill 10 17 10 0 10,721 8,364 Wormwood Scrubs 13 9 13 123,435 4,500 522,541 Wymott 19 27 14 29,683 525 17,315 Grand total 958 973 1034 2,291,277 4,432,046 2,036,271