Number of Prisoners Per Prison Sharing Cells Designed for 1 and Cells Designed for 2

Freedom of Information Request

You asked for the following information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):

“Could you please tell mehow many people in each prison are sharing a cell designed for one person, andin how which prisons people three people are sharing a cell designed for two”

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please note that I have taken the second part of your question to relate to the number of people per prison sharing a cell designed for two.

I can confirm that the department holds information that you have asked for. The information is provided in table 1 below. Please note that figures have been rounded to one decimal place.

Table 1: The average number of prisoners overcrowded per establishment by cell size for the year 12/13