There was a slight increase in the number of relapsers at the Corradino Correctional Facility since 2015, information tabled in Parliament on Monday revealed.
Asked by PN MP Ivan Bartolo how many prisoners there were at the Kordin Correctional Facility in 2015, 2016 and 2017 along with how many of these prisoners were relapsers, Minister for Home Affairs and National Security Michael Farrugia tabled figures that showed that between 2015 and 2017, there had been a general rise in the number of prisoners housed at the facility, and in the percentage of relapsers there as well.
The information tabled by Farrugia showed that there in 2015 there had been a total of 527 prisoners at the facility, with this number increasing to 575 in 2016 and then 606 in 2017.
The same information showed that there were 68 relapsers at the facility in 2015 - equating to 13% of all residents, 69 in 2016 - which equates to 12%, and 84 in 2017 - equating to 14%.
In a separate parliamentary question, Labour MP Etienne Grech asked Minister Farrugia how many prisoners at the Kordin Correctional Facility were currently under psychiatric care, and how many were being treated at the Forensic sector at Mount Carmel Hospital.
In response to this, Farrugia said that there were 161 prisoners in total under psychiatric care, and that out of these; 28 prisoners were at the Forecnsic section within Mount Carmel. The rest were under the wings of psychiatrists who visit the facility on a regular basis.
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