Prisoners' Release

(asked on 29th October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are due for release from prison on each day from 20 December 2019 to 3 January 2020.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 4th November 2019

The release data for December 2019 is planned for publication in April 2020. The publication in July 2020 will include the data for January 2020.

It is not possible to state the number of future releases by date because of the many factors affecting release date that can take place following sentence, such as added days awarded on prison disciplinary hearings, time spent unlawfully at large after escapes/absconds, appeals against the sentence, and further sentences imposed concurrently or consecutively.

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