Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 1998

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Chapter 7 Prisons Introduction 7.1 Information on the ethnic composition of the prison population has been regularly published for many years by the Home Office. Included here for the first time is the ethnic breakdown for sentenced receptions by the police force area in which the first court appearance took place. Results 7.2 In June 1997, there were 11,200 people from ethnic minorities in Prison Service establishments. Ethnic minorities accounted for 18% of the male population (12% black, 3% Asian and 3% other) and 25% of the female population (20% black, 1% Asian and 4% other). These numbers have remained relatively constant in recent years although the proportion of male prisoners who are black has been increasing slowly from 10.9% in 1993 to 12.0 % in 1997 (Table 7.1). 7.3 In June 1997, 7% of the male prison population and 14% of the female population were foreign nationals. It was similar in 1993 for the male population but higher (18%) for the female population. Amongst women who were foreign nationals the proportion serving sentences for drugs offences was 69%. The proportion of black foreign nationals serving sentences for drugs offences was 80%. Section 95 7.4 A comparison for the 10 police force areas was made based upon the number of sentenced receptions (Table 7.5). Compared with the population, black offenders were 5 to 6 times more likely than white offenders to be received into prison. In Leicestershire, rates were similar between black and white people but in Hertfordshire, Lancashire and Thames Valley the differences were much higher (7 times). For Asians, the rates were close to those for white people (except in Bedfordshire). 7.5 Comparisons between the number of prison receptions and arrests do not suggest any consistent differences between police force areas. However, as with commencements for criminal supervision orders, further more detailed work would be required to consider all the possible factors involved at the sentencing stage. 7.6 The prison population relates not just to the numbers sentenced to custody but also to the sentence length. 61% of adult black sentenced prisoners were serving over 4 years, 59% of Asians and 61% of other ethnic groups, compared with 47% of white prisoners (Prison statistics, England and Wales, 1997). For adult female sentenced prisoners, 58% of black prisoners were serving over 4 years compared with 31% of white prisoners. 31
Section 95 Table 7.1 Prison population by ethnic origin for males of all nationalities Ethnic Origin 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total population 42,666 47,075 49,086 52,951 58,795 Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 White % 83.4 83.4 82.9 81.7 81.9 Black % 10.9 11.3 11.4 12.3 12.0 African 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 Caribbean 6.7 6.7 6.8 7.6 7.4 Other 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 Asian % 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1 Bangladeshi 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Indian 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 Pakistani 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Chinese & other % 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.9 Chinese 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 Other Asian 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 Other 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.7 Not known % 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 Table 7.2 Prison population by ethnic origin for males of British nationality Ethnic Origin 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total population 38,987 43,397 44,945 48,707 54,335 Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 White % 87.8 87.5 87.1 85.7 85.8 Black % 9.1 9.5 9.7 10.8 10.4 African 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 Caribbean 5.9 6.1 6.2 7.1 6.9 Other 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.4 Asian % 1.8 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.2 Bangladeshi 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Indian 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 Pakistani 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 Chinese & other % 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Chinese .. .. 0.1 .. .. Other Asian 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 Other 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 Not known % .. .. .. .. .. .. Less than 0.1% 32
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