PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Bedford Prison (24 November 2017)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)
Answer
The number of adjudications at HM Prison Bedford in 2016, broken down by ethnicity of the prison’s prisoner population and of Muslim prisoners held at the prison, can be found in the table below.
Discipline procedures are central to the maintenance of a safe custodial environment. They are provided for by the Prison and Young Offender Institution Rules, which require adjudications to be conducted lawfully, fairly and justly.
| Total number of offences(1) | |
All adjudications at HMP Bedford | 929 | |
Ethnic breakdown of those prisoners:(2) |
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- White | 643 | |
- Mixed/multiple ethnic groups | 64 | |
- Asian or Asian British | 66 | |
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British | 136 | |
- Other ethnic groups | 2 | |
- Not Known (3) | 18 | |
Adjudications involving Muslim prisoners | 209 | |
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Ethnic breakdown of those Muslim prisoners:(2) |
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- White | 58 | |
- Mixed/multiple ethnic groups | 30 | |
- Asian or Asian British | 48 | |
- Black/African/Caribbean/Black British | 55 | |
- Other ethnic groups | 0 | |
- Not Known (3) | 18 | |
(1) The number of offences refers to the number of adjudications for which one or more punishments may be imposed onto an offender. (2) Offences were recorded under the 2011 Census categories which have replaced the 2001 Census categories and therefore Chinese have moved from "Chinese or other ethnic group" to the "Asian/Asian British" category, and the group renamed to "Other ethnic group". This is in line with changes made to the ethnic group classifications in other National Statistic publications on populations in England and Wales following the 2011 Census. (3) Includes prisoners where ethnicity is not known either due to no recording or a recording of 'Not Stated'. |
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Answered by:
Mr Sam Gyimah (Liberal Democrat)
4 December 2017
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