Prisoners' Release

(asked on 22nd October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the last of the prisoners who were released in error in September 2024 under the SDS40 early release scheme returned to prison.


Answered by
Nicholas Dakin Portrait
Nicholas Dakin
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 28th October 2024

All of the 37 people released in error, because of being incorrectly sentenced for breaching restraining orders under outdated legislation, were returned to custody.

The last of the 37 prisoners was returned to custody on 28 September 2024.

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