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Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice

Stop the release of the HMP prisoners early due to Covid19 virus

Closed 34 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop the release of the discussed 4000 prisoners early as you will be making a bigger problem. This has been arranged to quickly and cannot have been fully assessed or the right support put in place for this to happen. This will create issues and a treat to the public.
We have seen recently that early release of prisoners has backfired and ended in deaths and that was at a time where we did not have the current strain on resources. We are looking at improving isolation not removing it. How can isolation improve on being in prison?

Timeline

3 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
3 Dec 2020 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 34
Status Closed
Department Ministry of Justice
Opened 3 Jun 2020
Closed 3 Dec 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.