Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 14271

Prisoners' Release: Rehabilitation

Tabled: 13 November 2024

Answered: 22 November 2024

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of work to reintegrate prisoners released via the early release scheme.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

The government inherited a prisons system in crisis and was forced to change the release point for standard determinate sentences in order to avert disaster and total gridlock of the criminal justice system.Once released, offenders are subject to the same...

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