Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 87637

Prisoners' Release

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal Democrat — North Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been wrongly released from prison since July 2024.

Answer

Jake Richards

Releases in error have been increasing for several years and are 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 releases in error ...

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