Prison populations
01 January 1992
A national prison survey, carried out at the beginning of 1991, showed that 44% of those held in prison on remand and 31% of those convicted were unemployed before entering prison. The survey also showed that 35% of convicted prisoners said someone else in their family had also served a prison sentence and that 17% of remand prisoners and 12% of convicted prisoners were homeless at the time of their imprisonment.
Hansard written answer 7.11.91.