A bungling minister has wrongly claimed domestic abusers and those guilty of sexual offences will be excluded from Labour's new early release scheme.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is introducing a standard 28-day 'recall' period for released inmates who are locked up again for breaking the rules – even those who commit new offences.
Currently, freed inmates can be kept behind bars for the rest of their sentence if they are recalled.
The new measures will apply to criminals with an original sentence of between one and four years. Ministers have so far only excluded offenders who commit serious further offences or are considered to pose the highest risk to the public.
Dame Nicole Jacob, the domestic abuse commissioner, has warned the scheme will lead to domestic abusers being released back onto the streets.
