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Prisoners' Release

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN 21908, tabled on 16 April 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a complete list of prisons in England and Wales in which the 18-day prisoner early release scheme has (a) applied and (b) continues to apply.

Answered on

23 April 2024

End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) is a temporary measure and is used in a targeted way where its use is only where it is absolutely necessary. For this reason, the list of prisons varies according to need.

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