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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The term "vulnerable prisoner" covers a wide range of
prisoner types/characteristics but broadly these are those who need protection from
themselves and other prisoners for a variety of reasons, including the nature of their
offence, debt or conflicts outside or within the prison.</p><p> </p><p>Our approach
to managing these prisoners varies according to the nature of why they are deemed
as vulnerable and is dependent on specific offending needs.</p><p>The number of prisoners
in England and Wales who are identified as vulnerable is not held centrally and could
only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would involve contacting every prison
directly in order to request how many prisoners each prison has identified, or is
managing, as a vulnerable prisoner.</p><p> </p><p>All closed prisons in England and
Wales have the facility to accommodate vulnerable prisoners in designated accommodation.</p><p>
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