Deaths in Prison

Home Department written question – answered at on 10 July 2006.

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Photo of Lynne Featherstone Lynne Featherstone Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths in prison have resulted from (a) natural causes, (b) accident and (c) self-inflicted injury in each prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Gerry Sutcliffe Gerry Sutcliffe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

The information requested with respect to natural causes deaths and "other non-natural deaths" (which include accidents) in prisons in England and Wales, 2001-05, is shown in the following table. For the information with respect to self-inflicted deaths, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Mr. Bellingham on 20 March 2006, Hansard, column 122W.

Prison Type of death 2001 2002 2001 2004 2005
Acklington Natural Causes 2 2 3 3 4
Albany Natural Causes 3 2 4 2 3
Altcourse Natural Causes 3 1 2 2
Ashwell Natural Causes 1 1 1
Bedford Natural Causes 1
Belmarsh Natural Causes 1 2 3 2 1
Other non-natural 1
Unclassified 1
Birmingham Natural Causes 2 1 1 1
Blakenhurst Natural Causes 3 1 1 1
Blundeston Natural Causes 1
Bristol Natural Causes 5
Brixton Other non-natural 1
Brockhill Natural Causes 1
Bronzefield Natural Causes 2
Bullingdon Natural Causes 1 1 2 1
Camp Hill Natural Causes 1
Canterbury Natural Causes 1
Cardiff Natural Causes 1
Castington Other non-natural 1
Channings Wood Natural Causes 1 1
Chelmsford Natural Causes 1 1
Coldingley Natural Causes 1 1
Cookham Wood Natural Causes 1
Dartmoor Natural Causes 1 1 1
Doncaster Natural Causes 2 2 1
Other non-natural 1
Dovegate Natural Causes 2 1 1 1
Durham Natural Causes 1 1 3 1
East Sutton Park Natural Causes 1
Eastwood Park Natural Causes 1 3
Edmunds Hill Natural Causes 1
Elmley Natural Causes 1 1 2 3
Unclassified 1
Everthorpe Natural Causes 2
Exeter Natural Causes 1 1 1
Ford Natural Causes 1
Forest Bank Natural Causes 1
Foston Hall Natural Causes 1
Frankland Natural Causes 3 4 1 3 4
Full Sutton Natural Causes 1 2 1
Other non-natural 1
Garth Natural Causes 1 1
Gartree Natural Causes 1
Gloucester Natural Causes 1 1 1
Grendon Natural Causes 1
Guys Marsh Natural Causes 1 1
Haslar Natural Causes 1
Haverigg Natural Causes 1
Hewell Grange Natural Causes 1
High Down Natural Causes 1 1
Hollesley Bay Natural Causes 1
Holloway Natural Causes 1 1
Other non-natural 1
Holme House Natural Causes 2 1 1 2
Other non-natural 1
Hull Natural Causes 2 1 4
Other non-natural 1
Kingston Natural Causes 1 2 2 4
Kirkham Natural Causes 1 2
Latchmere House Natural Causes 1
Leeds Natural Causes 1 1 4
Leicester Natural Causes 1
Lewes Natural Causes 1 1
Leyhill Natural Causes 2 1 1
Lincoln Natural Causes 1 1
Other non-natural 1
Lindholme Natural Causes 1 1
Littlehey Natural Causes 2 3 1 3
Liverpool Natural Causes 1 2 3 1
Other non-natural 1
Low Newton Natural Causes 1
Lowdham Grange Natural Causes 1
Maidstone Natural Causes 1 1 2 2
Manchester Natural Causes 1 2 2 2
Mount Natural Causes 1 1
New Hall Natural Causes 1
North Sea Camp Natural causes 1 1
Norwich Natural Causes 2 2 1 1
Nottingham Natural Causes 1 2 1 1
Parc Natural Causes 1 1 3 2 2
Other non-natural 1
Parkhurst Natural Causes 2 1 3
Pentonville Natural Causes 3 4 1 2
Peterborough Natural Causes 1
Preston Natural Causes 2 2
Ranby Natural Causes 2
Risley Natural Causes 4 1 1
Other non-natural 1 2
Rye Hill Natural Causes 1 3 5 4
Other non-natural 1
Shepton Mallet Natural Causes 2
Stafford Natural Causes 2 1
Standford Hill Natural Causes 1
Stocken Natural Causes 2 1 1
Sudbury Natural Causes 1
Swaleside Natural Causes 2 2 1 4
Other non-natural 1
Swansea Natural Causes 2 1
Usk\Prescoed Natural Causes 1 1 1
Verne Natural Causes 1 1
Wakefield Natural Causes 5 1 6 4 3
Wandsworth Natural Causes 3 1 1 2
Other non-natural 1
Wayland Natural Causes 1 1
Wealstun Natural Causes 1
Weare Natural Causes 1
Whatton Natural Causes 2
Whitemoor Natural Causes 2 2
Winchester Natural Causes 2 1 3 1
Other non-natural 1
Wolds Natural Causes 1
Woodhill Natural Causes 2 3 1 4
Wormwood Scrubs Natural Causes 3 1
Wymott Natural Causes 1 3 2 7 5
Notes:

Unclassified deaths are those where further information is awaited. "Other non-natural Deaths" includes apparent accidents and non-intentional drug overdoses, but not homicides.

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dorothy thomas
Posted on 6 Mar 2007 7:33 am (Report this annotation)

home department deaths in prison 20 march 2006 official report column 122w. this report is incorrect. from dotsteve2003@yahoo.co.uk