Early release policy cited as a factor for 36pc year-on-year increase in recalls
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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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Robert Jenrick slams Labour’s scheme to reduce jail overcrowding as ‘soft justice’

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…

Emergency measures also risk leaving victims feeling let down, officials warn

Thousands of killers, rapists and sex offenders are among those who could be released early this September as the Government…

Astonishing figures for the soft-justice programme suggest 45,000 could have their sentences cut in its first year.

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