Debate contribution: Prisons: Compassionate Temporary Release

Debate contribution by Mr Paul Frew on 28 September 2026.

MLA: Mr Paul Frew
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 28 September 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Prisons: Compassionate Temporary Release
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5762051

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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I was certainly not challenging you; I was challenging the Justice Minister's non-answer. We already know that there was a lack of communication between the Department's legal team and the Prison Service. It seems that the standard operating procedures had failed in this case, meaning that the Prison Service could not review the decision at the court's request. What lessons have been learned to date when it comes to the review? How did that breakdown in communication occur?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3983/22-27.

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