1. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Prison Statistics Part 1 Crime, Justice & Security Statistics Produced in Collaboration between World Bank Institute and the Development Data Group (DECDG)

2. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Relation to other Modules Prison Statistics do not exist on their own. They are closely related to statistics from other agencies of the justice system: especially the courts, the probation service and to the general principles for statistical governance. As a consequence, other Modules in this area could also be studied with benefit: –Module 1 (Governance) –Module 5 (Courts) –Module 6 (Probation) 2

3. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. The Prison process Police catch those suspected of crimes: many suspects stay in prison until their trial: some are then found not guilty Courts find many offenders guilty and a high percentage of these are sent to prison: –Some will appeal against sentence and may succeed in their appeal. –The prison service has a duty to keep prisons safely and in humane conditions –It also, in many countries, has a duty to keep prisoners employed as far as possible and to try to rehabilitate them through training and treatment so they can lead socially productive lives on release. 3

4. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Types of Prison Statistics Prison Statistics are more varied and wide ranging than those from most other agencies of the justice system. The following areas should be monitored: 1.Workload Statistics, which show the number of prisoners that the prison service has to deal with. 2.Conditions in prisons, which show how well the prison service is able to provide humane and secure conditions for the prisoners 3.Activity Statistics measuring what is provided for prisoners in the way of work, training and rehabilitation. 4.Resource Statistics, including staff, buildings, and equipment and production from workshops, factories, farms. 5.Outcome Statistics, which show what happens to prisoners once they leave prison, the number who lead productive lives, the number who re-offend 4

5. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Sources of Prison Statistics – Prisoner files Data-collection should be designed for the local prison. Prison Staff will open a file for each new prisoner, which will form the basis of the data collection. Case files should contain information on Unique case identifier for each prisoner Current status of prisoner (awaiting trial, awaiting appeal, sentenced) Offence accused of /convicted of Length of sentence given and any conditions of sentence (eg drug treatment or deportation after sentence) Basic characteristics of each offender (eg. age and sex, tribe) Training or work undertaken Illness (eg AIDS) 5

6. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Sources of Prison Statistics - Other There are other sources of prisons statistics in the registers kept by prisons for different areas of their work, eg: 1.Security registers, including escapes, disciplines, visits to court 2.Registers of Work shop activities and output 3.Registers of Farm activities and output 4.Registers of Medical services, illnesses, deaths,etc 5.Registers of Visits (either family or Inspections) 6

7. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Workload Statistics – General Workload Statistics show the amount of work that the prison has dealt with over a particular period This will involve all aspects of prison life: numbers of prisoners, by type: security, training, employment, discipline, escapes, health, overcrowding Data should be collected on a monthly basis from each prison Statistics of numbers of staff employed should also be collected with workload statistics. Full counts are required, not any form of sample. 7

8. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Workload Statistics – Prison example: by length of sentence Prison……. Month…… Prisoner numbers at start of month New prisoners Those who left the prison permanently Prison numbers at end of month Awaiting trial Sentenced Under 1 year 1-5 years 5-10 years Over 10 years Those awaiting appeal result 8

9. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Workload Statistics – sentenced prisoners by offence/type Prison….. Month …… Young peopleMale adultsFemale adults Homicide Robbery Assault Theft Motoring Drugs….. 9

10. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Workload Statistics – Classifications The prison service needs to ensure that the classifications used are the same as those used by the police, the courts and the probation service This is to make sure that data can be compared uniformly across all agencies An example is the broad offence classification, which will need to be agreed at a Crime Statistics Committee usually chaired by the Central Statistical Office Also the characteristics of prisoners, such as age, sex, tribe, etc need to be consistent with the social data collected on the general population by the Central Statistical Office The procedure for this is covered in Module 1. 10

11. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Prison workload trends National Data2004200520062007 Prisoners at start of year New prisoners during year Prisoners left during year Prisoners at end of year Prisoner son remand at end of year 11

12. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Statistics on Prison Conditions Statistics on prison conditions show how well prisons are able to provide humane and secure conditions for the prisoners: eg: 1.Prison numbers compared with overall capacity 2.Prisoners suffering from health problems ( eg AIDS) 3.Incidents of prison indiscipline 4.Escapes or attempted escapes 5.Deaths in prison 6.Prisoners without proper clothing or accommodation 7.Number of prisoners who received visits 12

13. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Prison conditions collection form Prison…….. End of Month………Number Prisoner Numbers Total prison capacity Prisoners suffering health problems Incidents of prison indiscipline during month Escapes/attempted escapes during month Deaths in prison during month Prisoners without proper clothing, etc Prisoners who received family visits during month Number of visits of Inspectors, Judges, etc. 13

14. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Statistics on Prison Activities A key measure of prison life is whether a regime is provided for prisoners which enables them to live as normal a life as possible, while still being confined to prison This requires monitoring prisoners access to such things as: employment training, treatment programmes (eg for Drug misuse), workshops or farms or education facilities Those not engaged on any activities would also be counted. Sample data would be obtained from registers kept in these areas. 14

15. Copyright 2010, The World Bank Group. All Rights Reserved. Prison Activities collection form Prison……. June …….Number Prisoners receiving employment training Prisoners attending educational programmes Prisoners working in workshops Prisoners working on prison farms Prisoners on drug treatment programmes Prisoners on other treatment programmes Prisoners not engaged on any activities 15