Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 19064 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to prevent domestic abusers convicted of other offences from being released early.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 18 Dec 2024
This Government inherited a criminal justice system on the brink of collapse, with prisons weeks away from overflowing. This would have meant complete gridlock of the system and impacted the police’s ability to arrest people. As a result, we were forced t...