On Wednesday, Andy Burnham said he would review plans to release prisoners in England and Wales early, but didn't publicly promise to actually halt the releases which were due to begin in September.
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On Wednesday, Andy Burnham said he would review plans to release prisoners in England and Wales early, but didn’t publicly promise to actually halt the releases which were due to begin in September.
On Thursday, he went further and said that “no prisoner will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review and done everything we can to minimise the risk to the public”.
Survivors of sexual assault have welcomed the move.
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