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<p>The table below sets out the prison population in England and Wales in the twelve
months to June 1997 and in the twelve months to June 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 1: Month-end prison population (July 1996 - June 1997,
and July 2009 - June 2010); England & Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>July 1996 - June 1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July
2009 - June 2010</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>56,141</p></td><td><p>83,962</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>55,537</p></td><td><p>84,180</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>56,621</p></td><td><p>84,409</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>57,764</p></td><td><p>84,622</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>58,126</p></td><td><p>84,647</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>56,351</p></td><td><p>84,231</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>57,560</p></td><td><p>83,378</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>58,820</p></td><td><p>83,925</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>59,161</p></td><td><p>85,184</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>60,131</p></td><td><p>85,086</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>60,335</p></td><td><p>85,018</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>61,467</p></td><td><p>85,002</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Average</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58,168
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84,470</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Data
sources and quality</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><p>The figures in these tables 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></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Prison population statistics can be found by accessing the following link:
<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750714/population-2018.ods"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750714/population-2018.ods</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population
and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p>We
keep the prison population and capacity under careful review to ensure that there
is always sufficient capacity for offenders sent by the courts.</p><p> </p>
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