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<p>The following tables show the rates of self-harm, assault and self-inflicted deaths
in prisons.</p><p>For deaths the rate covers 12 monthly data to March for 2020, 2021,
2022 and 2023. For self-harm and assaults this covers 9 months for April to December
(latest available) for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.</p><p><strong>Table 1; Rate of self-inflicted
deaths per 1,000 prisoners, England and Wales<sup>1</sup>, April 2019 to March 2023</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Self-inflicted
deaths<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1)
Figures include incidents at HMPPS operated Immigration Removal Centres and during
contracted out escorts, but exclude incidents at Medway STC</p><p>(2) All classifications
of deaths remain provisional until confirmed at inquest.</p><p><strong>Data Sources
and Quality</strong></p><p>These figures are derived from the HMPPS Deaths in Prison
Custody database. As classification of deaths may change following inquest or as new
information emerges, numbers may change from time to time.</p><p><strong>Table 2;
Rate of self-harm and assault incidents per 1,000 prisoners<sup>1,2</sup>, England
and Wales, April 2019 to December 2022<sup>3</sup> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time
Period</p></td><td><p>Self-harm<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Assaults</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to December 2019</p></td><td><p>583</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to December 2020</p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to December 2021</p></td><td><p>528</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April
to December 2022</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) Figures include incidents at
HMPPS operated Immigration Removal Centres and during contracted out escorts, but
exclude incidents at Medway STC.</p><p>(2) Figures exclude incidents occurring within
the youth estate. The youth estate includes incidents occurring within Cookham Wood,
Werrington and Wetherby, as well as the youth wing at Feltham and Parc. Figures for
incidents occurring within the youth estate are published within the ‘Safety in the
children and young people secure estate’ statistics bulletin via the following link
- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/safety-in-the-youth-secure-estate-bulletin"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/safety-in-the-youth-secure-estate-bulletin</a></p><p>(3)
The rates are based on the number of incidents and average prison population for the
9 months from April to December each year.</p><p>(4) In prisons, as in the community,
it is not possible to count self-harm incidents with absolute accuracy. In prison
custody, however, such incidents are more likely to be detected and counted. Care
needs to be taken when comparing figures shown here with other sources where data
may be less complete.</p><p><strong>Data Sources and Quality</strong></p><p>These
figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System. Care is taken when
processing and analysing returns but the detail is subject to the inaccuracies inherent
in any large scale recording system. Although shown to the last case, the figures
may not be accurate to that level.</p>
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