Early release policy cited as a factor for 36pc year-on-year increase in recalls
Early release policy cited as a factor for 36pc year-on-year increase in recalls
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Latest data showed 9,958 offenders were let out during the first three months of this year.
Robert Jenrick slams Labour’s scheme to reduce jail overcrowding as ‘soft justice’
Thousands of prison cells are lying empty even though Labour is releasing criminals early to tackle overcrowding.
Under the Government's new Sentencing Act, some 6,000 criminals are due to be freed under the early prison release scheme in a…
A report by social justice charity Nacro has called for the government to overhaul the prison recall system after figures…
As part of a scheme to free up prison space, even those jailed for more than a decade will get out early (pictured: one of the…
