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WQ.196/2019
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 30th APRIL 2019
Question
Will the Minister state –
- the number of prisoners currently in La Moye Prison who have been convicted of sexual offences, the nature of the offences committed, the sentence each received from the courts, and the time remaining in their sentences;
- the nature of the resources available for the rehabilitation and treatment of these offenders; and
- the recidivism rate for offenders convicted of such criminal offences?
Answer a)
The number of prisoners currently in La Moye Prison who have been convicted of sexual offences, the nature of the offences committed, the sentence each received from the courts, and the time remaining in their sentences is set out in the table below.
Offence Committed | Sentence Received | Time Remaining on Sentence |
Contrary to Common Law Rape - Contrary to Common Law Rape | 15 Years | 9 Years 7 Months |
Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 - Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 (1) (a) Making indecent images and or moving images of children under the age of 16 | 4 Years | 1 Year 9 Months |
Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 - Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 (1) (a) Making indecent images and or moving images of children under the age of 16 | 1 Year, 8 Months | 10 Months |
Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2(1) - Distributing indecent photographs of Children | 8 Years, 6 Months | 2 Years 5 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Attempted Rape - Contrary to Common Law Attempted Rape | 7 Years | 3 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 5 Years, 4 Months | 7 Months |
Sex Offenders (Jersey) law 2010 Article 10 (13) (a - Sex Offenders (Jersey) law 10 Article 10 (13) (a) breach of Restraining Order | 24 Months Youth Detention | 4 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 13 Years | 7 Years 8 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Committing an act of Gross - Contrary to Common Law Committing an act of Gross Indecency | 11 Years | 5 Years 8 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 8 Years | 3 Years 7 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Rape - Contrary to Common Law Rape | 12 Years | 6 Years 10 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 4 Years | 2 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 5 Years | 3 Years 1 Month |
Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 - Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 (1) (a) Making indecent images and or moving images of children under the age of 16 | 6 Years, 6 Months | 3 Years 9 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Rape - Contrary to Common Law Rape | 15 Years | Discharged within 1 Month |
Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007 Article 2 (1) (a - Sexual Offences (Jersey) Law 2007 Article 2 (1) (a) (ii) travels with the intention of meeting a child after sexual grooming in any part of the world | 18 Months | 2 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 10 Years | 3 Years 9 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 5 years, 6 Months | 1 Year 3 months |
Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 - Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 (1) (b) Possession of indecent images and or moving images of children under the age of 16 | 20 Months | 11 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Rape - Contrary to Common Law Rape | 8 Years | 4 Years 7 Months |
Sex Offenders (Jersey) law 2010 Article 10 (13) (a - Sex Offenders (Jersey) law 2010 Article 10 (13) (a) breach of Restraining Order | 4 Years, 6 Months | 1 Year 11 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Incest - Contrary to Common Law Incest | 4 Years, 9 Months | 11 Months |
Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 - Protection of Children (Jersey) Law 1994 Article 2 (1) (a) Making indecent images and or moving images of children under the age of 16 | 7 Years | 3 Years 5 Months |
Sex offenders (Jersey) law 2010 Article 10 (4) Making of Restraining order - Sex offenders (Jersey) law 2010 Article 10 (4) Making of Restraining order | 2 years | 3 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Rape - Contrary to Common Law Rape | 13 Years | 6 Years 11 Months |
Sex Offenders (Jersey) law 2018 Article 15 (1) (a) - Sex Offenders (Jersey) law 2018 Article 15 (1) (a) (ii) meeting or arranging to meet a child | 10 Months | 3 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 7 Years | 3 Years 6 Months |
Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault - Contrary to Common Law Indecent Assault | 6 Years, 6 Months | Discharged within 1 Month |
b)
Sex Offenders are provided with a combination of accredited and non-accredited interventions delivered as part of a group or on a one to one basis.
Specific sex offender work is provided on a one to one basis by Forensic Psychologists. Interventions are delivered by two full time Forensic Psychologists in training, who are supervised by a Chartered Forensic Psychologist on a part time contract and two Sentence Planning Officers (these staff support all offenders not just sex offenders). Various other staff, some from other agencies, at different times, also feed into the rehabilitation work as the prisoner travels along his or her custody journey.
Based on best practice, each individual prisoner is assessed using the RM2000 and the SA07 (Risk and needs assessment process). Individual assessments are also conducted to establish motivation and specific criminogenic need.
Interventions are undertaken working therapeutically on life history, offending history, detailed offence analysis, victim empathy, relapse prevention and coping strategies. This is based on current research and understanding of sex offender treatment. For others, where necessary, material is adapted in line with the prisoner's learning style, level of intellectual functioning and areas of risk and criminogenic need.
All sexual offenders are offered the opportunity to address their sexual offending behaviour, provided they have the capacity to engage and are motivated so to do. Those who are not yet ready' are encouraged to undertake motivational work with a psychologist as a precursor to undertaking sex offender treatment. We deliver these interventions on a one to one basis.
c)
This data has not been collected by the Prison, the Probation and After-Care Service or the Courts. Policy officials are looking at how such data could be collated in the future.