Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 85902

Prisoners

Tabled: 28 October 2025

Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners detained beyond their release date in 2024-25.

Answer

Jake Richards

Release inaccuracy is yet another symptom of the prison system crisis inherited by this Government. While the overwhelming majority of offenders are released correctly, we are clamping down on those errors that do occur, and this includes unlawful detenti...

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