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<p /> <p>Police, prisons and CPS work closely together at the local level to ensure
that there is an effective criminal justice response to crimes in prison. The recently
announced protocol on the appropriate handling of crime in prison is designed to ensure
that there is greater consistency in approach across different regions.</p><p> </p><p>It
is not possible to identify from centrally held data, the number of prisoners proceeded
against since 2010 in respect of a serious crime committed whilst in custody. This
information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by asking individual prisons
to liaise with police forces and examine their records for the period in question.</p>
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