Welsh Affairs - Fourth Report
Prisons in Wales and the treatment of Welsh offenders

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 March 2015.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Background to our inquiry

2 Prisons in Wales

Performance of Welsh prisons

Consequences of overcrowding

Age and size of existing prisons

North Wales Prison

For Wales or in Wales?

Design and operation

3 The treatment of Welsh offenders

Dispersal of Welsh prisoners

Education and purposeful activity

Use of the Welsh language

Young offenders

Women prisoners

Rehabilitation and resettlement

4 The future for prisons and probation in Wales

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 20 March 2015