441 criminals walked free – after ‘strongest ever checks’

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Speaker, despite implementing what the Justice Secretary said were the strongest ever checks, every week criminals are being given a get out of jail free card. How many of those 441 prisoners wrongly let out of prison on Labour's watch have remain at large? And why is it still taking days for the prison service to let the police know when they've wrongly released people?

[00:00:21]>> Minister, the truth, Mr. Speaker, is this is a longstanding issue in our criminal justice system, and it is a disgrace. Any release scenario is a disgrace. Now, how do we solve that issue, Mr. Speaker? We solve it by investing in our prison system. That's why we're building more prisons than since the Victorian era. We invested in stabilizing the prison population.

[00:00:39]That's why we introduced the sentencing act, which finally we have some sustainability in our prison system of the Conservatives did absolutely nothing. We are taking action recommended by Dame Den Owens and that action will be undertaken rapidly.