Prisoners' Release

(asked on 13th November 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released from prison between 18 and 22 December 2017; and how many of those people were recalled within one month of release.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 21st November 2018

791(1) people were released from prison, from determinate and indeterminate sentences, on 22 December 2017.

Of those 791, 98 were recalled within one month of their release date.

1,777(1) people were released from prison, from determinate and indeterminate sentences, between 18 December and 22 December 2017 (inclusive).

Of those 1,777, 200 were recalled within one month of their release date.

(1) The number of offenders released do not include those re-released following recall.

Public protection is our priority and recall is used to ensure that offenders on licence who present a high risk of harm to the public or are at risk of re-offending are returned to custody as quickly as possible.

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