Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 85326

Prisoners' Transfers: Homicide

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making people convicted of murder ineligible for transfer to open prisons.

Answer

Jake Richards

Public protection is the Government’s foremost priority when considering any progression within the custodial estate.There are no current plans to restrict those convicted of murder from being held in open prison conditions, as long as it safe to do so.A ...

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