Prisoners
Commons · Question 93992 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025 to question 88988 on Prisoners, how many of the prisoners unlawfully detained following completion of their sentence in 2024-25 were detained between 5 July 2024 and 31
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 1 Dec 2025
Release inaccuracy is yet 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 errors that do occur, and this includes unlawful detenti...