Ministry of Justice · ODS · monthly · England and Wales
Prison population: monthly bulletin
Management information, not accredited official statistics. One ODS per month on the calendar-year publication page, newest first; filenames vary (prison-pop-<month>-<yyyy>.ODS, Monthly_Bulletin_<Month>_<yyyy>_web.ODS). One sheet, MonthlyBulletin, compiled from data on the last working Monday of the month, one row per establishment and a Total row.
- Official page
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-monthly-prison-figures-2026
- Authority
- First-party official statistics · OGL-UK-3.0
- Latest release
- July 2026, published 10 August 2026
- Next expected
- Around the second week of each month (estimated)
- Extractor
- ingest/ukdata/extractors/moj_prison_population_monthly.py
Metrics read from this publication
| Metric | Sheet · table | Row label | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prison population by establishmentbreakdown by prison name | MonthlyBulletin · Monthly Bulletin | Total | people |
Releases ingested
| Published | Release | Observations | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2026 | July 2026 | 122 | prison-pop-july-2026.ODS sha256 3fa36fb19b9aa597… |
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