Information on the full-time equivalent staff in post in each Prison Service establishment in the North West since 2005 is contained in the following table. The information relates to both public sector and contracted establishments.
As at 31 March: Establishment 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 30 September 2009 Altcourse 499 527 548 587 568 558 Buckley Hall 238 215 213 215 215 208 Forest Bank1 350 393 405 418 470 547 Garth 406 435 497 527 519 496 Haverigg 310 319 319 323 319 316 Hindley 424 406 419 411 451 431 Kennet2 — — 33 300 291 285 Kirkham 261 262 248 237 232 230 Lancaster 168 163 177 181 174 169 Lancaster Farms 418 394 405 416 407 389 Liverpool 679 704 680 658 624 622 Manchester 796 836 826 830 865 859 Preston 417 422 452 450 465 449 Risley 496 491 482 495 492 479 Styal 363 361 371 324 323 330 Thorn Cross 212 215 215 210 199 196 Wymott 512 505 501 538 539 527 Total 6,548 6,648 6,789 7,119 7,153 7,091 1 Figures are on headcount rather than full-time equivalent basis. 2 HMP Kennet opened in 2007. Note: The information relating to public sector establishments has been derived from the Personnel Corporate Database and Oracle HRMS. These are subject to the normal levels of inaccuracy expected of any large-scale reporting system. Information concerning the two contracted prisons in the North West—Altcourse and Forest Bank—has been provided by the individual contractors.