United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 555
Prisons: Overcrowding
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13 May 2026
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22 May 2026 · Answer
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22 May 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of prison overcrowding on staff safety.
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13 May 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of prison overcrowding on staff safety.
Source: Commons
22 May 2026
Answer
Ministry of Justice research on crowding and violence in the adult closed estate in 2022 shows that prisoners in overcrowded cells are 19% more likely to be involved in an assault over a one-year period than those in cells that are not overcrowded.The det...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-13/555
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1904523
- uk · wq-1904523 · source updated 22 May 2026