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Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers Adjudication Date Gender Nature of adjudication WA 594 Award Quantity Award Unit 02/01/2012 Male Damage prison property 5 Days 02/01/2012 Male Assaults any other person/prs 3 Days 02/01/2012 Male Fights or Wrestles 5 Days 02/01/2012 Male Fights or Wrestles 3 Days 220 Sum: 869 Transgender Prisoners Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice to outline the Northern Ireland Prison Service policy or guidance for housing, in male and female facilities, a (i) transgender prisoner; and (ii) a prisoner who is going through transgender reassignment treatment. (AQW 13453/11-15) Mr Ford: The initial placement of any pre-operative prisoner with gender dysphoria would be to a prison appropriate to their gender at birth. Where there was any doubt about such a placement, the prison would organise a case conference, involving the health care team and representatives from the relevant establishments and Directorates, to determine the most appropriate location. Decisions relating to the location of prisoners with gender dysphoria who have not yet undergone gender re-assignment surgery, whether or not they have commenced hormone treatment, would be considered on an individual basis taking into account the individual circumstances of each case. The most appropriate location for a post-operative transgender prisoner would normally be agreed following a full case conference. The decision would take account of the prisoner’s own preference and the presumption would be that a post-operative transgender prisoner would be allocated to an establishment for prisoners of his/her gender of choice. Cases Delayed at Forensic Services Northern Ireland Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice, in relation to his statement in the Assembly on 6 February 2012, whether case number 11/150443 at Dungannon Magistrates’ Court and case number 11/128987 at Magherafelt Magistrates’ Court, were included in the figure of four cases which were delayed at Forensic Services Northern Ireland. (AQW 13454/11-15) Mr Ford: No they were not as these cases were not referred to Forensic Science Northern Ireland. People Imprisoned for Defaulting on Fines Mr Weir asked the Minister of Justice how many people have been imprisoned for defaulting on fines in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the prison population they represented. (AQW 13462/11-15) Mr Ford: The number and percentage of people committed to prison for non-payment of fines across the last five years for which data is available is provided in the table below. New Committals year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Fine Default Nos. 1,724 1,742 1,247 1,891 2,179 Fine Default percentages 28% 28% 28% 35% 36%
Friday 20 July 2012 Written Answers New Committals WA 595 year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 All Other Prisoners 4337 4443 3,133 3,461 3,825 Total 6061 6185 4,380 5,352 6,004 Data for 2007 and 2008 should not be directly compared with data from 2009 to 2011 as the data sets are sourced from different systems. Healthy Prison Tests Mr G Robinson asked the Minister of Justice,pursuant to AQW 13273/11-15, and given that the results are not comparable, for his assessment of the benefits of these tests. (AQW 13481/11-15) Mr Ford: The ‘three’ marking attained by Magilligan Prison provides an indication of where Magilligan Prison sits against the ‘Healthy Prison tests’ carried out by HMIP. The full inspection report provided more details across a diverse range of areas, functions and activities within the prison. The report highlighted to NIPS the areas where performance was good but also provided NIPS with a number of recommendations for improving the current regimes available at Magilligan Prison. Searching Visitors to Prisons Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice (i) how many prisoners, at each prison facility including Hydebank Young Offenders Centre and the Juvenile Justice Unit, have been searched for drugs following a prison visit, in the last six months; (ii) how many were found to have drugs; and (iii) what action was taken against the prisoner and the visitor in cases were drugs were found. (AQW 13488/11-15) Mr Ford: Throughout NIPS, all prisoners are searched for illicit items prior to and following each visit. In the past six months the following drug finds have been recorded: Maghaberry eight finds, Magillgan five finds and Hydebank Wood ten finds. In addition, there have been other visits terminated due to suspicion of an article being passed. In all cases the prisoners involved have been subject to adjudications heard by the Governor. Punishments awarded range from cellular confinement to closed visits and a total of 24 visitors were barred from visiting any establishment. Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre is not a prison facility. Planned visits are risk assessed in advance, closely supervised and monitored. Acting Director General of the Prison Service Lord Morrow asked the Minister of Justice how many meetings the Acting Director General of the Prison Service has attended with the Committee for the Administration of Justice in each of the last twelve months. (AQW 13492/11-15) Mr Ford: The Acting Director General of the Northern Ireland Prison Service has not attended any meetings with the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) in the last twelve months.
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