Prisoners: Compensation
Commons · Question 93993 · 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 18th November 2025 to question 88988 on Prisoners, a) how long for and b) how much compensation did each prisoner unlawfully detained between 5th July 2024 and 31st March 2025 receive.
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...