Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 8863 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the early prison release scheme.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 23 Oct 2024
SDS40 is a necessary measure to avoid the collapse of the Criminal Justice System. In designing the measure, we took every possible step to mitigate risk including an 8-week implementation period, clear offence exclusions, and a huge amount of collaborati...