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APPENDIX PROFILE OF POPULATION IN PRISON SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS 1. The following paragraphs aim to give certain facts about people in custody: how many there arc; how old they are; of what offences they have been convicted; what sentences they are serving and in what type of institution and how many times they have been in custody before. Some comparisons are made with earlier years. All the figures relate to England and Wales. Much of the information comes from an analysis of the different groups of people sent to custody ("receptions") in 1967, some comes from an analysis of the average population of prisons, borstals and detention centres in 1968 and some from a special analysis of the records now available on a Home Office computer of all those in custody in March 1969. The totals in the different tables are not therefore identical. Figures for prisons include remand centres. THE TOTALS FOR 1968 2. The charts below show the main groups of people in custody in 1968. 805 female People in custody 1968 31,656 male Main groups of males in custody 1968 Main groups of females in custody 1968 At a detention centre At detention centre a On remand or awaiting sentence 1555 123 Sentenced to borstal 5648 3042 Sentenced to borstal On remand or awaiting sentence 178 180 .Civil prisoners 'A32 Sentenced to imprisonment Civil prisoners up to 18 months" Sentenced to imprisonment Sentenced to imprisonment over 18 months ; over 18 months 147 11.351 "Including thoso committed to prison in default of payment of fines. 275 Sontenced to imprisonment up to 18 months"
EARLIER YEARS 3. The following table shows how the average population in 1968 compares with that of earlier years. 1913 1938 1948 1958 Number" TABLE 1 of people in custody in Prisons, Borstals and Detention Centres Prisons Borstals Detention Centres Total M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. .. .. .. .. 14,892 8,368 15,736 20,474 2,335 558 923 735 841 2,020 2,885 3,714 87 140 221 185 — '271 —. — .— — 15,733 .10,388 18,621 24,459 2,422 698 1,144 920 1963 .. 24,156 810 4,755 143 1,014 18 29,925 971 1968 .. 24,712 608 5,389 174 1,555 23 31,656 805 The figures given are of the average population in each type of establishment (luring the year. The most striking difference is that between men and women. The number of women and girls in custody is only 800, not very different from the number in 1938 and much less than in 1913 while the number of men and boys in custody has increased three times since 1938. The illustration also shows how the prison service has devoted more of its resources since the war to special institutions for young offenders, only relatively few of whom now go to prison. 4. The number of people in custody at any time is very small when expressed as a proportion of the total number of people in the country. Nevertheless as Table 2 shows the proportion of men and boys in custody has risen in the last ten years. Number of males and females TABLE 2 in custody per 100,000 of the population" in England and Wales in selected years Males Females Number per Number per 100,000 of male 100,000 of female population of population of Year A verage population 14 years of age A verage population 16 years of age in prisons. and over in in prisons, and over in borstals and England and borstals and England and detention centres Wales detention centres Wales 1958 24,459 146 920 5-1 1959 25,727 152 896 4-9 1960 26,198 154 901 4-9 1961 28,094 162 931 5-1 1962 30,066 171 997 5-4 1963 29,925 169 971 5-2 1964 28,718 161 882 4-7 1965 29,580 165 841 4-5 1966 32,127 178 959 5-1 1967 34,056 189 953 4-8 1968 31,656 175 805 4-2 Th e population figures are the Registrar Generafs figures for the home population.
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EARLIER YEARS<br />
3. <strong>The</strong> following table shows how the average population in 1968 compares with that<br />
of earlier years.<br />
1913<br />
1938<br />
1948<br />
1958<br />
Number"<br />
TABLE 1<br />
of people in custody in Prisons, Borstals and Detention Centres<br />
Prisons Borstals Detention Centres Total<br />
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.<br />
..<br />
..<br />
..<br />
..<br />
14,892<br />
8,368<br />
15,736<br />
20,474<br />
2,335<br />
558<br />
923<br />
735<br />
841<br />
2,020<br />
2,885<br />
3,714<br />
87<br />
140<br />
221<br />
185<br />
—<br />
'271 —.<br />
—<br />
.—<br />
—<br />
15,733<br />
.10,388<br />
18,621<br />
24,459<br />
2,422<br />
698<br />
1,144<br />
920<br />
1963 .. 24,156 810 4,755 143 1,014 18 29,925 971<br />
1968 .. 24,712 608 5,389 174 1,555 23 31,656 805<br />
<strong>The</strong> figures given are of the average population in each type of establishment (luring the year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most striking difference is that between men and women. <strong>The</strong> number of women<br />
and girls in custody is only 800, not very different from the number in 1938 and much<br />
less than in 1913 while the number of men and boys in custody has increased three<br />
times since 1938. <strong>The</strong> illustration also shows how the prison service has devoted more<br />
of its resources since the war to special institutions for young offenders, only relatively<br />
few of whom now go to prison.<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> number of people in custody at any time is very small when expressed as a<br />
proportion of the total number of people in the country. Nevertheless as Table 2 shows<br />
the proportion of men and boys in custody has risen in the last ten years.<br />
Number of males and females<br />
TABLE 2<br />
in custody per 100,000 of the population"<br />
in England and Wales in selected years<br />
Males Females<br />
Number per Number per<br />
100,000 of male 100,000 of female<br />
population of population of<br />
Year A verage population 14 years of age A verage population 16 years of age<br />
in prisons. and over in in prisons, and over in<br />
borstals and England and borstals and England and<br />
detention centres Wales detention centres Wales<br />
1958 24,459 146 920 5-1<br />
1959 25,727 152 896 4-9<br />
1960 26,198 154 901 4-9<br />
1961 28,094 162 931 5-1<br />
1962 30,066 171 997 5-4<br />
1963 29,925 169 971 5-2<br />
19<strong>64</strong> 28,718 161 882 4-7<br />
1965 29,580 165 841 4-5<br />
1966 32,127 178 959 5-1<br />
1967 34,056 189 953 4-8<br />
1968 31,656 175 805 4-2<br />
Th e population figures are the Registrar Generafs figures for the home population.
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