To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have died in HM Prison Liverpool in each year since 2005.
Answered on
30 October 2017
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons undertook an inspection of HMP Liverpool on 11-22 May 2015 and the report was published on 20 October 2015.
HMI Prisons undertook a further inspection of HMP Liverpool on 4-15 September 2017. The report of that inspection is still being drafted and will be published in the usual way.
The Chief Inspector informed the Prisons Minister of the recent inspection at HMP Liverpool as part of a routine meeting on 12 October 2017.
The Chief Inspector also met with Officials on the 17 October 2017 on a range of issues including HMP Liverpool. The Department confirmed it would, as routine, respond to the findings of the inspection once the Inspectorate had produced and published the report in full.
The number of deaths in custody and self-inflicted deaths are published in the annual deaths publication “Deaths in prison custody 1978 to 2016” located at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics.
The relevant parts of the table are reproduced below:
HMP Liverpool | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
Deaths in custody | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
of which: Self-inflicted | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
HMP Liverpool | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Deaths in custody | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
of which: Self-inflicted | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |