Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 78556
Open Prisons
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for (a) violent and (b) sexual offences have been transferred to open prisons in the last five years.
Answer
Jake RichardsThe relevant data for this PQ has been attached alongside the answer.Prisoners are required to pass thorough risk assessments to become eligible for a move into open conditions, and we retain the ability to return prisoners to closed conditions if there i...
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