Prisons Punishment by David Scott Nick Flynn

Author:David Scott, Nick Flynn [David Scott, Nick Flynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781446273470
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Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2014-05-16T00:00:00+00:00

(Home Office/MoJ Management Caseload Statistics)

FOREIGN NATIONAL PRISONERS

The proportion of foreign national prisoners (FNPs) has increased steadily from 8 per cent in 1997 to 13 per cent in June 2011. Around 30 per cent of BME prisoners are foreign nationals. At 31 March 2013, there were 10,725 FNPs, the majority of whom were from just ten countries: India, Jamaica, Lithuania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Somalia and Vietnam. (MoJ, 2013h)

The immigration status of FNPs sets them apart from BME prisoners. FNPs are confronted with a variety of problems, concerns and socio-economic disadvantages. Aside from obvious language barriers, the prospect of deportation and revocation of their immigration status increases anxiety, and the pains of imprisonment. Women FNPs especially—many of whom are victims of human trafficking and have experienced violence, intimidation and rape—receive no support or protection. A lack of strategic management is the root of the problem. In May 2006, the then Home Secretary Charles Clarke resigned in the wake of the failure to consider for deportation over 1,000 FNPs who had been released into the community. Since then, legislation has been passed to facilitate the deportation of FNPs, and it is now government policy to seek to remove FNPs at the earliest opportunity. So-called ‘hub’ prisons, in which UK Border Agency (UKBA) staff have permanent access to foreign national prisoners, and ‘spoke’ prisons, in which foreign national prisoners receive regular visits from UKBA staff, have been established to accelerate deportation and reduce the number of FNPs held. The overall lack of support for FNPs has been heavily criticised. The charity Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) has reported that only 26 per cent of FNPs receive any independent immigration or deportation advice. Furthermore, although foreign nationals constitute some 15 per cent of the overall prison population at any one time, they receive no rehabilitation support whatsoever (BID, 2013).

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