The following table gives the numbers of prisoners held in all open prisons in England and Wales at the end of each month since February 2007.
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Open prisons Askham Grange 100 109 99 98 109 108 101 107 109 110 112 96 East Sutton Park 97 95 100 99 100 98 97 90 90 97 89 91 Ford 413 438 457 476 464 454 472 460 468 471 494 494 Hewell Grange 172 182 181 173 167 170 165 143 156 186 177 176 Hollesley Bay 292 292 305 311 298 292 317 324 322 325 314 325 Kirkham 508 513 508 546 514 530 540 522 522 506 485 448 Leyhill 420 399 432 400 411 393 393 399 394 402 348 381 Moorland Open 222 219 222 229 242 236 239 241 242 246 224 248 North Sea Camp 253 274 303 273 272 258 261 247 263 276 295 281 Spring Hill 307 333 335 323 322 309 321 328 324 322 326 322 Standford Hill 407 395 419 416 405 419 424 398 397 437 422 427 Sudbury 481 497 500 523 533 538 515 533 549 545 536 533 Thorn Cross 224 224 223 241 240 245 254 233 229 214 200 211 Usk/Prescoed 410 408 394 406 417 396 392 401 383 380 381 397 Total open prisons 4,306 4,378 4,478 4,514 4,494 4,446 4,491 4,426 4,448 4,517 4,403 4,430 All prison establishments 79,582 79,745 80,261 80,264 79,734 80,164 80,534 80,855 30,997 81,404 79,605 81,142 Note: In addition to the establishments listed above Drake Hall, Motion Hall, Norwich, Reading and Wealstun prisons have small open units, but population data is not available at this level.
The figures for establishment totals are published monthly at the website:
http://wwwjustice.gov.uk/|publications/populationincustodyhtm
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.