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<table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of transfers
of IPP prisoners from predominant function ‘Open’ to predominant function ‘Closed’
prisons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Note: </strong>These figures exclude those recalled from IPP sentences.</p><p><strong>Data
sources and quality</strong></p><p>The figures in this table have been drawn from
administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject
to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p>Almost invariably, an IPP
prisoner will be approved for open conditions only in response to a positive recommendation
from the Parole Board. Recently, the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State
for Justice announced that there would be greater ministerial scrutiny of the moves
of indeterminate sentence prisoners to open conditions. A prisoner in open conditions
will be returned to closed conditions in response to poor behaviour or evidence of
increased risk.</p>
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