The data in table 1 as follows shows the number of prisoners who have absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay in each of the last five years. Table 2 below shows how long each absconder had served in the prison before absconding.
Absconds have been falling for some years and last year recorded the lowest number of absconds on record. This year is on course to improve further on that record low. Prisoners abscond from prison for many reasons. While open prisons will look for indications that prisoners may be susceptible to absconding, both on allocation to the prison and during their stay in the prison, it is not possible to predict every instance in which a prisoner may want to abscond.
Number of absconds 2004-05 32 2005-06 16 2006-07 21 2007-08 19 2008-09 17 2009-10 to date 10 Total 115
Abscond number Days before abscond 2004-05 1 77 2 255 3 20 4 0 5 173 6 31 7 31 8 10 9 1 10 1 11 56 12 150 13 27 14 32 15 13 16 93 17 45 18 9 19 9 20 46 21 15 22 95 23 110 24 129 25 50 26 97 27 25 28 9 29 9 30 78 31 7 32 7 2005-06 1 4 2 12 3 2 4 31 5 55 6 164 7 4 8 64 9 41 10 18 11 10 12 32 13 65 14 264 15 171 16 131 2006-07 1 107 2 104 3 54 4 97 5 35 6 33 7 26 8 7 9 735 10 37 11 23 12 96 13 16 14 4 15 135 16 184 17 20 18 29 19 134 20 62 21 217 2007-08 1 74 2 20 3 59 4 143 5 7 6 41 7 1 8 323 9 329 10 15 11 9 12 15 13 9 14 59 15 257 16 7 17 3 18 7 19 8 2008-09 1 23 2 578 3 7 4 88 5 47 6 72 7 23 8 22 9 23 10 104 11 122 12 375 13 70 14 82 15 201 16 78 17 115 2009-10 to date 1 17 2 12 3 55 4 18 5 121 6 26 7 46 8 49 9 106 10 40 Note: 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.
Figures on absconds and a range of other prison performance statistics are available on:
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/abouttheservice/prisonperformance/performancestatistics/