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<p>The Government is committed to the protection of the public and the effective management
of offenders. By law, prisoners serving indeterminate sentences who have completed
their tariff will be released only when the independent Parole Board concludes that
the risk they present to the public is capable of being safely managed in the community
under probation supervision.</p><p> </p><p>The following two tables show the number
of unreleased prisoners serving an IPP sentence at 31 March 2021, by gender, ethnicity
and the number of years to their tariff expiry, in England and Wales. The total number
of IPP prisoners recorded in these two tables is 1,784.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
(Row Total)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 1 year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1
year to less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 year to less than 3 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3
year to less than 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4 year to less than 5 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5
or more years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tariff expired</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tariff
unavailable</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p>1,761</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1,682</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
(Row Total)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 1 year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1
year to less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 year to less than 3 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3
year to less than 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4 year to less than 5 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5
or more years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tariff expired</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tariff
unavailable</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian or Asian British</strong></p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black
or Black British</strong></p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed</strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
ethnic group</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1,334</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unrecorded</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Not
stated</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The following two tables show the number of recalled prisoners serving an IPP
sentence at 31 March 2021, by gender and ethnicity, in England and Wales. All recalled
IPP prisoners are post tariff as it is not possible to release an IPP prisoner prior
to the expiry of their minimum tariff date. The total number of IPP prisoners recorded
in these two tables is 1,350.</p><p> </p><p>Table 3</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p>1,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Table 4</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asian
or Asian British</strong></p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Black
or Black British</strong></p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mixed</strong></p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other
ethnic group/Not Stated</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p>1,069</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The table below shows the number of unreleased prisoners serving an IPP sentence
at 31 March 2021, by security category and the number of years to their tariff expiry,
in England and Wales. The total number of IPP prisoners recorded in the below table
is 1,784.</p><p> </p><p>Table 5</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Security Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
(Row Total)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Less than 1 year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1
year to less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2 year to less than 3 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3
year to less than 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4 year to less than 5 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5
or more years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tariff expired</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tariff
unavailable</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>A</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>B</strong></p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>C</strong></p></td><td><p>871</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>831</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>D</strong></p></td><td><p>548</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Females
(open and closed)</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>A prisoner’s individual needs in relation to offending behaviour and resettlement,
or their individual circumstances (such as medical requirements) may result in an
individual being held in a prison of a higher category than their own approved category.
Prisoners will not be allocated to a prison of a lower security category than the
security category assigned to them personally.</p><p> </p><p>Notes for all figures:</p><ol><li>These
figures have been drawn from the Public Protection Unit Database and Prison-NOMIS
held by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. As with any large scale recording
systems, the figures are subject to possible errors with data migration and processing.</li><li>Tariff
refers to the length of time between date of sentence and tariff expiry date.</li></ol>
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