Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 31743

Prisons

Tabled: 13 February 2025

Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Kevin McKenna

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help improve transitions between closed and open prisons; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) resources allocated to the open estate, (b) the (

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

There are 13 Category D (or “open”) prisons in the adult male prison estate, as well as two open units linked to closed establishments. There are two open prisons in the women’s estate. HM Prison & Probation Service has developed and implemented a ‘Na...

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