Safety in custody quarterly: update to March 2017
Number of deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.
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Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. This publication updates statistics on deaths to the end of June 2017 and assaults and self-harm up to March 2017.
The bulletin is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Pre-release list
Safety in Custody statistics is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff. Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Prisons and Rehabilitation; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for victims, youth and family justice; Permanent Secretary; Director General, Offender Reform and Commissioning Group; Director, Prison Reform Policy; Head of Prison Reform Policy; Deputy Director, Head of Prison and Probation Analytical Services; Director, Sentencing and Rehabilitation; Director General, Finance; Director, Prisons, Probation and Youth Justice Policy; Director, Analytical Services; press officer (x8); private secretaries (x10); Economic Adviser to the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor; and relevant special advisors (x2).
HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS)
Chief Executive Officer, HMPPS; Chief Operating Officer, HMPPS; Director, Security, Order & Counter Terrorism; Deputy Director, Head of Safer Custody and Public Protection Group; Head of Safer Custody; Head of CEO’s Office; Head of Executive Management Team; Senior Contract Management - Community interventions; PPCS Post Release Statistical Information Manager; Policy Official: Licence recalls.
Other government departments
Home Secretary; Private Secretary.
Last updated 2 August 2017 + show all updates
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The Guide has been updated to reflect the fact that, following an internal review, the decision has been made not to introduce a new measure for serious assaults including the throwing of urine or excrement and spitting. To ensure a consistent approach, the National Statistics to be published in October 2017 will continue to report incidents on the same basis as previously.
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Data files added for the data tools.
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First published.