NEW PRISON AND PROBATION STATISTICS A ‘LITANY OF DESPAIR’
New Safety in Custody, Prison Performance Ratings, HMPPS Annual Digest and Offender Management data have been described as a ‘litany of despair’.
Safety in Custody reports:
- In the 12 months to June 2025, there were 401 deaths in prison, an increase of 30% from the previous 12 months. Of these, 86 deaths were self-inflicted.
- In the 12 months to March 2025, the rate of self-harm was 899 incidents per 1,000 prisoners (77,898 incidents), up 6% from the 12 months to March 2024, comprising of a 5% increase in male establishments and a 6% increase in female establishments.
- In the 12 months to March 2025, the rate of assaults was 356 assaults per 1,000 prisoners (30,846 assaults), up 9% from the 12 months to March 2024.
Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2024/25 reveal:
- 12 prisons were rated as outstanding (down from 13 last year)
- 48 were rated good, (down from 56 last year)
- 37 were rated as “of concern” (up from 35 last year).
- 22 were rated as of serious concern (up from 15 last year).
HMPPS Annual Digest for 2024/25 reports 26,348 incidents of drug finds in the twelve months to March 2025, 13,014 incidents of weapons finds, and 12,166 incidents of mobile phone finds – increases of 25%, 12% and 14% from the previous year.
Offender management statistics report 71,625 adjudication outcomes between January and March 2025 (almost 800 per day) – a rise of 16% compared to the same period in 2024, as well as 10,101 licence recalls in this three month period – an increase of more than one third (36%) on January-March 2024.
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