Prison Library at HMP North Sea Camp - Find a freedom of information request

Request

To assist with research studies related to the use of prison libraries in England and wales could you please provide the following information regarding the use of the prison library at HMP North Sea Camp.

1. How many individuals used the library for each year 2008-2018

2. How many books in total were borrowed from the prison library for each year 2008-2018

Decision

1.

visits jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec total
2016 4993 4462 4132 4629 4461 4944 5560 7169 5986 6685 6096 5533 64650
2017 5051 4905 6368 6368 7203 6493 7536 6950 6768 6588 5590 5706 75526
2018 5727 4914 5365 5064 5133 4,701 4,649           35553

 

 

2.

issues jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec total
2016 2626 2362 1861 2501 2168 2333 2572 2740 2670 2924 2727 2,768 30252
2017 2932 2581 2931 2915 2713 2738 3120 2,776 2,995 2913 1743 2,403 32760
2018 3088 2570 2452 2222 2313 2357 2004 2,489 2,436 2532 2611 2,527 29601

 

Unfortunately LCC only hold part of the information requested see Q1 & 2 This is due to deleting data for GDPR reasons and under MOJ guidelines are only required to keep the data for 5 years.

Reference number
2042573
Date request received
19 July 2021
Date of decision
02 August 2021