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Situation Reports

Listed below are the Situtation Reports issued by the Northern Ireland Prison Service this year to date.

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Created : 28 Friday Mar 2008

Situation Report for week-ending 28 March 2008

Prison Population Overview
Today's prison population	1489
Comparative total last year	1474

Prison Population By Establishment
Maghaberry	836
Magilligan	441
Hydebank Wood	178
Immigration Detainees	6

Other Population Break Downs
New committals	60
Final discharges	34
Prisoner movements (to court/PSNI/hospital/transfers)	72
Video link appearances (court)	Available soon
Video consultations	Available soon
Prisoners posted UAL	0
Prisoners returned from being UAL	1
No of separated male prisoners	64
Republican	30
Loyalist	34
No of separated female prisoners	0

Notable incidents (and NIPS response)

Weekly Situation Report for the week ending March 28

Methodist President visits Maghaberry Prison

The President of the Methodist Church in Ireland the Reverend Robert Cooper today visited Maghaberry Prison.

Reverend Cooper was welcomed to the Co Antrim prison by Governor Alan Longwell and, accompanied by Methodist Chaplain, Reverend Leslie Spence, visited the Healthcare Centre, where he spoke to staff.

At lunchtime he met up with a number of other prison chaplains in the prison chapel to discuss issues of pastoral care. Reverend Cooper said afterwards he had welcomed the opportunity to visit the prison.