Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus

(asked on 23rd June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's document entitled End of Custody Temporary Release, how many prisoners have been released from custody to alleviate the spread of covid-19 in prisons since 7 April 2020.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 29th June 2020

The Ministry of Justice has started publishing a weekly release of COVID-19 related statistics. This includes the number of prisoners that have been released from custody under COVID-19 early release schemes, including End of Custody Temporary Release.

The statistics release can be found here each Friday:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-covid-19-statistics

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