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Prisoners' Release: Wales

Asked by Liz Saville RobertsPlaid CymruMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 10 October 2024UIN 6345

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released from each prison in Wales under the Early Release Scheme on 10 September 2024

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Data on SDS40 releases forms a subset of data intended for future publication. The number of prison places projected to be saved by SDS40 releases are set out in the Impact Assessment (between 4,600 and 5,900 prison places for the male estate)

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