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<p>Time series for escape and abscond data are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2021-to-march-2022"
target="_blank">HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2021 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.
In the 13 years from April 2010 to March 2023 there were no escapes from category
A prisons and 8 escapes from category B prisons. The prisons were HMP Pentonville,
HMP Wandsworth, HMP Dovegate, HMP Peterborough and HMP Bedford. There have been no
absconds from a category A or category B prison in this period.</p><p>In the 13 years
prior to 2010, there were nearly 146 escapes from prisons – nearly ten times the number
since 2010.</p>
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