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Prison populations

01 January 1992

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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.

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