questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve transitions between closed and open prisons; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) resources allocated to the open estate, (b) the (i) approvals and (ii) transfer process and (c) measures to safeguard the (A) public and (B) prison officers on those transitions.
answerText: There are 13 Category D (or “open”) prisons in the adult male prison estate, as well as two open units linked to closed establishments. There are two open prisons in the women’s estate. HM Prison &amp; Probation Service has developed and implemented a ‘Na...
heading: Prisons