Offenders: Rehabilitation
Commons · Question 48918 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 7 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that people released under early-release schemes are prepared to return to society.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 7 May 2025
This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Offenders released on licence are subject to strict conditions, such as curfews and exclusion zone...