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Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 18 November 2025UIN 88924

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to use technology to improve (a) prison management and (b) prisoner monitoring.

Answered by Jake Richards

The Ministry of Justice is committed to developing modern digital platforms and processes to improve prison management and prisoner monitoring. The Ministry of Justice is continuing to deploy Digital Prison Service (DPS) which will provide a new set of digital services to manage and record data on offenders, which will replace the legacy system NOMIS.

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