United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 54992
Prisoners' Release
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30 May 2025
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17 June 2025 · Answer
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17 June 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to release inmates who have served a third of their sentence in order to tackle overcrowding.
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30 May 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to release inmates who have served a third of their sentence in order to tackle overcrowding.
Source: Commons
17 June 2025
Answer
This Government was left an unconscionable inheritance with the prison system days from collapse. To prevent the risk of gridlock across the Criminal Justice System, we have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and kee...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-30/54992
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1806463
- uk · wq-1806463 · source updated 17 June 2025