Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 54992

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Suella Braverman

Reform UKFareham and Waterlooville

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to release inmates who have served a third of their sentence in order to tackle overcrowding.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
This Government was left an unconscionable inheritance with the prison system days from collapse. To prevent the risk of gridlock across the Criminal Justice System, we have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and kee...

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