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HMP/YOI Downview: Sexual Offences

Asked by Rebecca PaulConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 91837

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults of female prisoners by biologically male prisoners took place in HMP Downview in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.

Answered by Jake Richards

There were no recorded sexual assaults of female prisoners by biologically male prisoners at HMP & YOI Downview, during the specified periods.

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