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Safety in Custody quarterly: update to September 2018

Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.

Documents

Safety in custody quarterly bulletin: September 2018

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Safety in custody summary tables to September 2018

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Deaths in prison custody 1978 to 2018

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Self-harm in prison custody 2004 to 2017

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Assaults in prison custody 2000 to 2017

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Guide to safety in custody statistics

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Deaths data tool

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Details

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 December 2018 and assaults and self-harm up to September 2018. 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; Minister of State for Justice; 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; Director, Communication and Information; Director, Analytical Services; Deputy Director, Prison Safety and Security Policy; Deputy Director, Head of Prison and Probation Analytical Services; Head of Prison Reform Policy; Head of Prison, Probation, Reoffending and PbR Statistics; Prison Statistics Team Lead; press officer (x7); private secretaries (x5); 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 Executive Management Team, HMPPS; Head of Safer Custody; Head of CEO’s Office; Operational Lead for the Safety Programme; Business Manager in Executive Management Team; Business Manager to CEO, HMPPS; and Prison Safety Team.

Updates to this page

Published 31 January 2019

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