Prisons: Overcrowding
Lords · Question HL5412 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Keen of Elie
To ask His Majesty's Government what impact the prisoner early release scheme has had on the availability of prison places; and what assessment they have made of alternative measures to address prison overcrowding.
Answer
Answered by Lord Timpson, 17 Mar 2025
Following the inheritance left by the previous Government, in July 2024, the Lord Chancellor was forced to introduce the SDS40 scheme to avoid imminent gridlock across the Criminal Justice System.We have already published data for day one of Tranches 1 an...