Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 98388
Prisons: Crime
Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 17 December 2025
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to reduce the commission of crime in English prisons.
Answer
Jake RichardsHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation service (HMPPS) has a layered approach to tackling criminality that emanates from within prisons. It deploys countermeasures such as X-ray body and baggage scanners, archway metal detectors and Enhanced Search Gates in p...
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