Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 54992
Prisoners' Release
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Suella Braverman
Reform UK — Fareham 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 DakinThis 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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