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Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

Answer

Reoffending data by category of prison or by individual establishment is not currently produced. The Ministry of Justice is currently undertaking work to investigate whether meaningful data on the reoffending of former prisoners from individual institutions can be produced. It is our intention to publish some findings from this ongoing work in November 2010.The available data on reoffending following a custodial sentence is included as follows.Table 1 shows the actual rate of reoffending and frequency of reoffending for adults released from custody from the 2008 cohort, which is the latest period for which data is available.

Table 1: Reoffending rates for adult offenders released from custody in the first quarter of 2008
	Adults released from custody
Number of offenders	16,099
Actual reoffending rate	49.4
Number of offences per 100 offenders	230.9

Juvenile reoffending covers offenders aged 17 and under. A release from custody could be from a Secure Training Centre, a Secure Children's Home or a Young Offender Institution. Data is not broken down by type of release establishment or by individual establishment.Table 2 shows the actual rate of reoffending and frequency of reoffending for juveniles released from custody from the 2008 cohort.

Table 2: Reoffending rates for juvenile offenders released from custody in the first quarter of 2008
	Juveniles released from custody
Number of offenders	816
Actual reoffending rate	74.3
Number of offences per 100 offenders	342.5

Further information on adult reoffending is available at:"http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffendingofadults.htm"Further information on juvenile reoffending is available at:"http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/reoffendingjuveniles.htm"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

3225; 512 c131-2W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Prisoners' release Reoffenders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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