Prison Sentences
Commons · Question 37323 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving imprisonment for public protection sentences were (a) classified as Category A prisoners and (b) in Category A prisons on 11 March 2025.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 14 Mar 2025
Category A prisoners are those that are considered to pose the highest risk to the public, the Police or national security. High security establishments are designed to mitigate those risks and to prevent escape.Some Category B prisoners are held in high ...