The Prison Performance Digest provides a 15-year time series of performance data for individual UK prison establishments up to 2009/10. It includes both Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and non-KPI metrics, compiled by the Ministry of Justice as Official Statistics. This longitudinal breakdown allows for tracking changes in prison performance over a significant period.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in prison performance over time based on the 15-year time series.
- Compare performance between individual prison establishments based on the per-establishment breakdown.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of prison policies based on KPI and non-KPI indicators.
Strengths
- Covers a 15-year time period up to 2009/10, providing longitudinal context.
- Breaks down performance data by individual prison establishment, enabling granular analysis.
- Includes both Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and non-KPI metrics.
Limitations
- Data is not designated as National Statistics, which may affect its official status.
- The last data point is from 2009/10, making the dataset over a decade old.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Ministry of Justice
- Time Range
- 15 years up to and including 2009/10
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:55.054261; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom