Safety in custody quarterly: update to September 2022
Quarterly update on deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. Additional annual deaths tables (to 2022)
Applies to 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 December 2022 and assaults and self-harm up to September 2022
The annual publication for assaults and self-harm in custody are published in the Safety in Custody up to December publication, published in April. Annual tables provide further breakdowns and at a more granular level. Quarterly provisional updates are then published every July, October and January. Deaths data are published three months ahead of self-harm and assaults, therefore, the annual deaths tables are published in the Safety in Custody up to September publication, published every January. Quarterly provisional updates to deaths in custody are published every April, July and October.
The bulletin is released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Experimental Statistics on drug-related deaths in prison custody from 2008 to 2019 are published as an additional report in parallel with Safety in Custody here. These statistics were led by the Office for National Statistics, based on HMPPS prison deaths data linked to more detailed ONS records on cause of death.
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; Permanent Secretary; Director General, Policy, Communications and Analysis; Director, Prison Reform Policy; Director, Communication and Information; Director, Data and Evidence as a Service; Deputy Director, Prison Safety Policy; Deputy Director, Head of Prison, Probation and Reoffending; Prison Statistics Team Lead; press officer (x3); private secretary.
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.