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Open Prisons

Commons · Question 75265 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct a review of the quality of rehabilitation of prisoners released from an open prison, in comparison with prisoners released from other penal settings.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 12 Sep 2025

Prisons of different categories shape their rehabilitation offer to meet the needs of the prisoner cohorts they accommodate.In open prisons, the intention is for carefully risk-assessed prisoners to participate in activities in the community under Release...