Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 87637 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been wrongly released from prison since July 2024.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 11 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 ...