Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 5140

Prisoners' Release: Domestic Abuse

Tabled: 10 September 2024
Answered: 7 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that perpetrators in line for early release who have (a) history of and (b) prior convictions for domestic violence do not reoffend.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
The Government inherited a justice system on the brink of collapse and due to acute prison capacity pressure, the Government had no option but to introduce a change that will allow prisoners serving an eligible standard determinate sentence (SDS) to be re...

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