Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 20395

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 23 December 2024

Question

Dr Kieran Mullan

ConservativeBexhill and Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released from prison under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme were (a) released in error and (b) subsequently recalled since September 2024.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
This Government inherited a criminal justice system on the brink of collapse and was therefore forced on 10 September 2024, to take the unavoidable step to move certain release points from 50% to 40%, with an initial tranche of eligible offenders released...

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