AQW 20459/22-27
Miss Michelle McIlveen
Democratic Unionist Party
Strangford
Tabled Date: 13/01/2025
Answered On Date: 23/01/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of separate incidents of criminal damage caused by prisoners; (ii) the costs to repair the damage caused; and (iii) the number of prosecutions for these incidents, in each of the last five years.
Answer:
ANSWER There were a total of 446 recorded incidents of criminal damage by prisoners over the last five years; | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total | 74 | 68 | 88 | 118 | 98 |
The total cost to repair the damage over the last five years was; | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total | £ 71,450 | £ 57,300 | £ 74,400 | £98,900 | £ 104,650 |
Incidents of damage to prison property may result in adjudication against the prisoner(s) under Prison Rules. In most cases of deliberate and malicious damage, details are passed to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for their consideration. Prosecutions are a matter for the PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service.
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