Confiscations at the Prison and Greenfields (FOI)​

Request

Please provide the following for the past five years. If not, please provide it for 2015 and 2016:

On how many occasions has homemade alcohol been confiscated from Jersey prisons / secure facilities? How many pints does this equate to?

Please provide the total number of times alcohol has been confiscated from Jersey prisons / secure facilities?

On how many occasions were cigarettes confiscated from prisons / secure facilities? How many cigarettes does this equate to?

Please provide the total number of confiscations of illegal drugs from prisons / secure facilities and a breakdown of what these were.

Please provide the total number of confiscations of unauthorised prescription drugs from Jersey prisons / secure facilities and a breakdown of what these were.

'Secure facilities' relates to any institutions in which offenders may be interned as well as HM Prison La Moye. Greenfields is the only other I am aware of, but if there are any others aside from Greenfields and La Moye then please include these.

Response

Prison

Please find below information requested from 2012 to present date. We are unable to give the exact descriptions or measurable amount of items confiscated as the Prison does not record those details.

The Prison wishes to point out that those Prisoners that are legally able to purchase cigarettes are able to do so from the Prison canteen facility.

Prison confiscations

Greenfields

For the period in question, there were no confiscations in relation to Greenfields Secure Children’s Home of any of the following items:

• alcohol

• cigarettes

• Illegal drugs

• unauthorised prescription drugs