Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 89609

Prisoners

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Dr Luke Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been over detained in prison in the last five reported years.

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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