Civometry

Ministry of Justice · custody type: Recalls

Prison population: Recalls

at 30 June 2026

12,145people

Prison population for Recalls was 12,145 people at 30 June 2026, down 0.5% (57) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_2
  3. Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Custody type=Recalls
  4. column “30 June 2026”
  5. 12145 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Prison population by custody type and sentence length: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour05k10k20252026June 2025: 13,538 people · published 30 July 2026July 2025: 13,829 people · published 30 July 2026August 2025: 13,800 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 12,657 people · published 30 July 2026October 2025: 12,004 people · published 30 July 2026November 2025: 11,904 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 11,468 people · published 30 July 2026January 2026: 12,022 people · published 30 July 2026February 2026: 11,896 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 12,089 people · published 30 July 2026April 2026: 11,651 people · published 30 July 2026May 2026: 12,202 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 12,145 people · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

The prison population of England and Wales at the end of each month, split by custody type as the Ministry of Justice publishes it, that is remand status (untried, convicted unsentenced), determinate sentence length band, extended, IPP and life sentences, recalls, fine defaulters and non-criminal prisoners.

Time served or time left to serve; sentence length is the length imposed by the court.

Source

Dataset
Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
Release
Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8…
All values
Prison population by custody type