Prisoners' Release
Commons · Question 18603 · Tabled 14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Champion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to victims of (a) domestic abuse-related offences, (b) sexual offences and (c) child sexual offences arising from the reduction of automatic release p
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 22 Jul 2026
First, I would like to express my sincere sympathy with all victims of these appalling crimes. This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public ...