Askham Grange prison THE number of inmates at Askham Grange prison has dropped compared to levels at the start of the pandemic, figures reveal. With court delays owing to the pandemic being blamed for changes in the normal flow of inmates, the Howard League for Penal Reform said court backlogs had put additional strain on defendants and victims alike. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data shows that there were 103 inmates at Askham Grange prison, a women s open prison, in Askham Richard, North Yorkshire, as of March 31 – 10 fewer than at the same point in 2020. This is in line with the situation across England and Wales, where the number of prisoners fell by six per cent at the end of March.
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A record number of children under ten have been found armed with guns and knives amid fears they are being exploited by county lines gangs.
Police figures show a steep increase in the number of children who were investigated for having weapons – but were below the age of criminal responsibility.
The numbers will fuel fears that criminal gangs aware of the legal loophole are increasingly using young children to look after their weapons.
Last year saw 160 cases where police forces in England and Wales dropped a criminal weapons case because the suspect was too young to be charged.
The tally for 2019/20 was more than six times the figure of 26 seen just five years earlier.
How coronavirus has affected Askham Grange s prison population THE number of inmates at Askham Grange prison has dropped compared to levels at the start of the pandemic, figures reveal. With court delays owing to the pandemic being blamed for changes in the normal flow of inmates, the Howard League for Penal Reform said court backlogs had put additional strain on defendants and victims alike. Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data shows that there were 103 inmates at Askham Grange prison as of March 31 – 10 fewer than at the same point in 2020. This is in line with the situation across England and Wales, where the number of prisoners fell by 6 per cent to 78,058 at the end of March.
The number of inmates at Erlestoke prison has dropped compared to levels at the start of the pandemic, figures reveal. With court delays owing to the pandemic being blamed for changes in the normal flow of inmates, the Howard League for Penal Reform said backlogs had put additional strain on defendants and victims. Ministry of Justice data shows that there were 438 inmates at Erlestoke prison as of March 31 – 56 fewer than at the same point in 2020. This is in line with the situation across England and Wales, where the number of prisoners fell by 6 per cent to 78,058 at the end of March.