First time entrants
The primary information right here is the large rise within the variety of ladies being arrested, up by 111,070 since 2023/24. Whereas the variety of ladies prosecuted for not paying their TV licence has fallen by a sixth (down 20,402 or 16.7%) since 2023, the variety of ladies prosecuted for truancy offences stay at double that of males (4,744 in 2024 in comparison with 2,336).
Brief custodial sentences
In 2024, 4313 grownup ladies have been sentenced to quick custody of lower than 12 months, nearly all of whom (4069) obtained six months or much less. This represents a surprising 23.5% enhance because the earlier yr in these sentenced to custody of lower than 12 months.
The proportion of ladies remanded in custody at Crown Court docket additionally elevated by 1.2% on final yr, as much as 33%.
Self-harm
In 2024 the self hurt fee in prisons which maintain feminine prisoners was 6,056 per 1,000 prisoners, a rise of seven per cent from 2023. This self hurt fee is 8.8 occasions the equal fee in prisons holding male prisoners. The feminine self-harm fee has been rising yearly since 2018.
In 2024 feminine prisoners who self harmed did so a median of 18.7 occasions, a 17% enhance from 2023. This variety of incidents per self harming particular person is 4.2 occasions better than in prisons holding male prisoners. The variety of incidents per self-harming feminine prisoner has been rising since 2018.
Outcomes on launch
The outcomes for ladies launched from jail aren’t promising to say the least. The primary space of concern is the truth that In 2024 there have been 2,836 remembers of ladies to custody, a rise of 44% from the earlier yr. Remembers of ladies to custody accounted for 8% of all remembers in 2024
Conclusion
Whereas the information itself could also be disappointing to say the least, the MoJ should be recommended on its transparency and in making the information each accessible and customisable to finish customers. It does imply that the MoJ is accountable for its (failure to) ship on its feminine offender technique and the dedication to replace the data yearly offers a wholesome problem to the Authorities. Clearly, many of the information on this dashboard pertains to the interval earlier than this Authorities got here into energy, we should await subsequent yr’s dashboard to see whether or not there are any indicators of those worrying tendencies reversing.
