Monthly prison population figures are published for the population as at the end of the month. The following table shows the population in HMP Dorchester as at the end of each month in 2007. For completeness the table shows the total population broken down into (a) untried remand; (b) convicted (broken into convicted unsentenced remand and immediate custodial sentenced); (c) fine defaulters and non-criminal prisoners.
Untried remand Convicted unsentenced remand Sentenced (excl. fine defaulters) Fine defaulters and non- criminals Total population January 45 38 159 2 244 February 43 38 163 1 245 March 47 35 155 7 244 April 48 48 145 4 245 May 49 43 128 4 224 June 66 40 131 4 241 July 69 42 120 3 234 August 56 43 127 3 229 September 60 49 114 5 228 October 58 50 113 8 229 November 61 38 121 5 225 December 67 33 116 3 219
These figures are taken from the F1032 tables which were made available to the House of Commons Library at time of issue.
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.