Open Prisons: Prisoners' Transfers

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason a pre transfer assessment was not carried out on each prisoner moved as part of the Restricted Open Estate Transfer Scheme launched in September 2023.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 13th November 2023

The Restricted Open Estate Transfer (ROET) scheme was active from 25 September to 9 October. ROET was limited to prisoners serving a standard determinate sentence with an automatic release point at the halfway point of their sentence who were between 7 and 28 days away from their conditional release date. Offender Management Units applied set criteria, the transfers were signed off by prison governors, and prisoners showing concerning or violent behaviour were excluded.

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