Inmates at La Moye Prison (FOI)Inmates at La Moye Prison (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
12 September 2017.Request
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Over the past decade (if this is not possible, please provide the data for as far back as is possible), please provide the number of unique inmates at HM Prison La Moye each year.
For each year, please provide the nationality makeup of the inmates, the religions with which they have identified, and a breakdown of age groups.
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Please also kindly confirm whether HM Prison La Moye has a chaplain / chaplains, and which religion(s) they serve.
Response
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In order to remain within the ‘cost limit’ as detailed in the Regulations to the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, HM Prison La Moye has only been able to provide data for the last five years. A snapshot as at the 15 August was taken for each year starting from 2013 to 2017. The data includes all remand and convicted prisoners on that date.
Please see the following tables.
Population by Nationality
| Not stated | | 1 | | 4 | 27 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Canada | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | | | |
| France | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Germany | | | | | 1 |
| Ghana | | | | | 1 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| India | | | | | 1 |
| Italy | | | 3 | | |
| Jersey | 44 | 53 | 46 | 54 | 55 |
| Kenya | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuania | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Morocco | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | | | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines | | | | 1 | |
| Poland | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Portugal | 23 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 17 |
| Romania | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| South West Africa | | | 1 | 1 | |
| United Kingdom | 50 | 46 | 51 | 47 | 41 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Zimbabwe | | | 1 | | |
Population by Religion
| Unknown | 10 | 24 | 35 | 35 | 57 |
| Agnostic | 2 | 2 | | | 1 |
| Anglican | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 1 |
| Atheist | 34 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 12 |
| Baptist | | | | | 1 |
| Buddhist | | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| Christian | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Church of England | 17 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 20 |
| Church of Scotland | | | 2 | | 1 |
| Greek Orthodox | 1 | | | | |
| Islam | | | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jehovah's Witness | 1 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Jewish | | | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Methodist | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Muslim | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Non-Conformist | 1 | | | 1 | |
| Protestant | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Roman Catholic | 53 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 44 |
| Russian Orthodox | | | 1 | | |
| Taoist | | | | | 1 |
Population by Age
| Under 18 years | | | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 to 20 years | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| 21 to 29 years | 21 | 30 | 45 | 42 | 42 |
| 30 to 39 years | 48 | 48 | 44 | 45 | 49 |
| 40 to 49 years | 32 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 32 |
| 50 to 59 years | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 21 |
| 60 to 69 years | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 70 plus years | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
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The States of Jersey Prison Service has two chaplains. Both chaplains are part-time and work for 20 hours a week. They benefit from the support of volunteers from Elim Rock Church, Cornerstone and Freedom for Life Ministries.
One of the chaplains has particular responsibility for those prisoners who register as Roman Catholic - currently these account for 45% of the prison population. The other chaplain has specific responsibility for those registered with other Christian churches, eg Church of England and Methodist, currently accounting for 24% of the prison population.
However both chaplains have a duty to support the spiritual needs of all within the prison with respect to those of no and all other faiths. Obviously this will necessitate the development of links with other faith communities and their representatives in order to provide practical religious and spiritual guidance, depending upon the religious make-up of the prison population at any particular time. At this moment in time such links are very active with the local Muslim community in order to provide the appropriate support for those registered as Muslim, currently 2% of the prison population
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