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As of July 2007, there were 3,723 people detained in the units, the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health said.

The population of high and medium secure units rose by 45% between 1996 and 2006, it added.

While the number being kept in high secure hospitals has fallen, those in medium secure ones has been growing.

The report examined Forensic Mental Health Services, which provide care for people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system before being transferred to the NHS.

High-security units are for those considered a serious threat to the public.

The figures showed that fewer than half of people admitted to secure hospitals stay for more than five years, while most are admitted to secure hospitals from prison.

More than a third of those detained in 2004 had committed violent offences and, in 2005, 26 people died in secure units, the report added.

It also showed that around 40 people per quarter have to wait in prison for more than three months before being transferred to a secure hospital.

Fewer than one patient in 10 re-offends within two years of being discharged from a secure hospital, it said.