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Written question asked by Lord German (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 13 December 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 December 2018. It was answered by Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) on Monday, 31 December 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisons: Telephones

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many violent incidents occurred at shared phones in prison landings in each year from 2012 to 2018.

Answer

This information is not recorded centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

We recognise that access to telephones can be one of the causes of violence in prisons. As part of our prison safety programme we have developed a violence diagnostic tool that allows prisons to analyse patterns of violent incidents and to identify any ‘hotspots’, such as telephone queues, where preventative action needs to be taken.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12287
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Crimes of violence Prisons Telephones
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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