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Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

Asked by Sarah PochinReform UKMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 19 November 2025UIN 90055

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who have been wrongly released have committed a crime before being brought back to prison in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jake Richards

This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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