Question reference: S5W-36060
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what its position is on the ending of automatic early release of prisoners.
Answer
The system of automatic early release was introduced by the then UK Government in the mid 1990s. Provisions in the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015 ended that system of automatic early release for serious offenders.