Prison populations (1)
01 January 1991
Prison populations
artdoc February=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.
Statewatch, Volume 2 no 1, January/February 1992