Some 1,731 foreign-national sex offenders were in prison as of June this year, up by 9.9% in 12 months. The rate of increase was nearly three times that of Britons, with the number imprisoned for sex offences up 3.8%, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on Thursday.
The number of foreign violent offenders held in jails is also at its highest since records began a decade ago. It has risen by 8.8% in a year to 3,250, nearly double the rate of 4.8% for Britons imprisoned for violence.
Foreign nationals account for one in eight (12.3%) of the 87,000 prisoners in England and Wales, the highest number in at least a decade and the second highest proportion on record, just down from 12.5% in 2021....<<<Read More>>>...
