The following table shows the number of incidents recorded on the Prison Service Incident Reporting System where people attempted to gain access to a prison without authority during that period. The majority of these incidents involved members of the public trespassing on the grounds of open prisons where, by the very nature of the establishments, access is more difficult to control. There have been no recorded incidents of people gaining access to the interior of a closed prison within this period.
Prison type Individuals involved Total incidents Closed 5 3 Open 8 5 Notes: 1. Three individuals were found leaving a prison staff locker room area located outside the main prison. Police were called but the three individuals had left the area. 2. Individual discovered on camera trying to climb the fence. Police were called but the individual had left the area. 3. Individual tried unsuccessfully to gain unauthorised entry into the main gate of an establishment.
These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.