Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 19064
Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release
Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 18 December 2024
Question
Alicia Kearns
Conservative — Rutland and Stamford
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to prevent domestic abusers convicted of other offences from being released early.
Answer
Sir Nicholas DakinThis Government inherited a criminal justice system on the brink of collapse, with prisons weeks away from overflowing. This would have meant complete gridlock of the system and impacted the police’s ability to arrest people. As a result, we were forced t...
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