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But proportionately by far the highest is Whitemoor. Data on the leading religious faiths of prisoners in England and Wales as of July 3 2020 shows that there were 388 thousand Christian prisoners the most of any religion.
It means Muslims are 15 percent of all prisoners but five percent of the British population.
Muslim prison population uk. The Muslim prison population has increased from 5502 77 per cent in 2002 to 11729 in 2013 14 per cent and is set to continue rising rapidly because of the large numbers of Muslim teenagers. The Muslim prison population is now 13200. It means Muslims are 15 percent of all prisoners but five percent of the British population.
In the 2001 census 3 of people in England and Wales said they were Muslim - 155 million. By 2011 that had gone up to 48 - 27 million people - so youd expect the numbers in prison to go up. In particular the religious profile of the prison population shows there has been a steady rise in the percentage of prisoners who are Muslim from 77 in 2002 to 134 in 2012.
The UKs Muslim community constitutes 48 percent of its population but Muslim inmates are 16 percent of the prison population. Data on the leading religious faiths of prisoners in England and Wales as of July 3 2020 shows that there were 388 thousand Christian prisoners the most of any religion. A further 25 thousand.
Muslims represent only 47 per cent of the UK population but 14 per cent of the prison population according to latest data the number has almost doubled in a decade Getty. 8 Any Other Religion. Annual Population Survey April 2017 to March 2018 weighted Person Weight APS 2017.
Latest prison population figures for 2020. Ministry of Justice HM Prison Service and Her Majestys Prison and Probation Service. 173 prisoners per 100000 of the population in England and Wales in 2019.
162 per 100000 in Scotland 201819 and. 96 per 100000 in Northern Ireland 201819. International comparisons by Eurostat indicate that in 2015 England and Wales has the 8 th highest rate among EU countries and the highest amongst western European jurisdictions.
Nevertheless the proportion of UK prisoners who were Muslims in 2016 was 15. Of the millions of Muslims in the general UK population in 2011 only 5000 were persons who converted to Islam that year. People from BAME backgrounds make up 25 of the prison population in England and Wales and 41 of the youth justice system despite these groups making up 14 of the general population a recent.
The statistics – from a July 29 House of Commons research report entitled Prison Population Statistics – show that the number of Muslim inmates in England and Wales jumped to 11248 in 2012. That is an increase of 23 per cent in five years. Belmarsh prison in London has the most Muslim inmates 248 of 868 or more than 28 per cent.
But proportionately by far the highest is Whitemoor. Muslim Statistics March 29 2014. Muslims make up just under 5 of the UK population yet they make up 27 of the prison population.
That means they are 5 times more likely to commit violent crime than the rest of the population. Muslims committing crimes and being sent to jail is all due to Islamophobia not their propensity to crime. UKs Muslim prison population doubles in ten years.
A young Muslim prisoner talks with a prison officer in Wandsworth Prison Corbis News Date of publication. 16 November 2016 Share this page. Follow The_NewArab A UK government review has found that Muslims and ethnic minorities make up a disproportionate section of England.
In Secure Training Centres STC17 Muslims meanwhile do not fall within one ethnic category but the number of Muslim prisoners has increased from around 8900 to. The Muslim prison population in England and Wales has sharply increased in recent years. The BBCs Ushma Mistry hears from former inmates and prison officers who claim gangs of Muslim prisoners are an increasingly powerful force.
26 of the prison population 22683 people are from a minority ethnic group. If our prison population reflected the make-up of England and Wale s we would have over 9000 fewer people in prisonthe equivalent of 12 average-sized prisons. Michael Waller senior analyst for Strategy at the far-right Center for Security Policy claims that 80 of the prisoners who find faith while in prison convert to Islam.
He also claims that Muslim inmates comprise 1720 of the prison population in New York or roughly 350000 inmates in 2003.