United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 39729
Prisons: Overcrowding
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19 March 2025
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28 March 2025 · Answer
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28 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to release more criminals from prison early due to prison overcrowding.
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19 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to release more criminals from prison early due to prison overcrowding.
Source: Commons
28 March 2025
Answer
This Government inherited a prison system on the point of collapse and we were forced to take the necessary action to stop the criminal justice system from total gridlock.Whilst the SDS change provided the intended medium-term relief to the system, this w...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-19/39729
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1786519
- uk · wq-1786519 · source updated 28 March 2025