Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 85901 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's webpage entitled Prisons data, Additional data, how many of the 262 prisoners released in error in 2024-5 were returned to custody.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 5 Nov 2025
Releases in error have been increasing for several years and are another symptom of the prison system crisis inherited by this Government.While the overwhelming majority of offenders are released correctly, we are clamping down on those releases in error ...