Police appeal for prisoner Ashley Young, missing from HMP Hollesley Bay in Suffolk

Mixed · 2Suffolk Police have appealed for help to find Ashley Young, 32, a prisoner who has absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay in Suffolk. 1 2 Right · 1He was reported missing on the evening of Tuesday 13 October after he was absent at a roll call. 2 Mixed · 2The force has released an image of Young and says he has connections to Kent. 1 2

Left · 1He is described as white, about 5ft 10ins, of medium build, with blue eyes and a beard. 1 Mixed · 2A Suffolk Police spokesperson asked anyone who sees Young to call 999 immediately, quoting CAD 294 of 13 October, and asked anyone with other information to contact the force on 101. 2 1 Mixed · 2Both reports place the case against a rise in absconds: according to Ministry of Justice data, there were 78 absconds in the year ending March 2026, up 37% on the previous 12 months. 2 1

Mixed · 2Of those 78, 38% (30 prisoners) stayed at large for more than 30 days. There were also 925 temporary release failures, 51 of them failures to return, and 12 of those were still at large after 30 days. 1 2 Mixed · 2Absconding means leaving custody secretly and without permission, often from lower-security or open prisons, and usually without overcoming major physical security such as fences or bars. 1 2