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<p>The Ministry of Justice published Experimental Statistics in October 2018, which
estimated the numbers of former service personnel in the prison population. The department
is due to release the next estimate in October 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This new analysis
indicated that as at 30 June 2018, 2032 prisoners had declared as ‘ex-service personnel’
when they were first received into custody between January 2015 and June 2018. The
attached table shows the number of ex-service personnel serving a prison sentence
in all prisons in Yorkshire as at 30 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice
is committed to ensuring that those who have served in the Armed Forces and who find
themselves in the Criminal Justice System are able to access support, whether they
are serving their sentence in custody or in the community.</p>
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