Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18425

Prisoners' Release: Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 6 December 2024

Answered: 16 December 2024

Question

Tom Morrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of excluding violent offenders who have breached lifetime restraining orders while in custody from the early release scheme.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Certain offences have been excluded from SDS40. This includes serious violent offences with a sentence of four years or more; specified offences linked to domestic abuse irrespective of sentence length (including stalking, coercive or controlling behaviou...

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