Around a thousand prisoners in England and Wales won't be eligible for early release after the Prime Minister said he was tightening the rules, and suspending the provisions until October.
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Around a thousand prisoners in England and Wales won’t be eligible for early release after the Prime Minister said he was tightening the rules, and suspending the provisions until October.
But despite concerns from the victims of serious crimes like manslaughter and domestic abuse, the Government said it would have to continue with the plans in order to tackle severe prison overcrowding.
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Andy Burnham, Early release, Politics, Prison, UK
Probation union and crime victims had raised doubts over plan to free 6,000 offenders across England and Wales
Justice secretary says ministers would have liked to block more but doing so would cause prison system to ‘break’
The Prime Minister said he and his new Justice Secretary Alex Norris would conduct an 'urgent review' of the policy ahead of its…
Andy Burnham will also delay release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales a month, until October
‘No prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review’, the new prime minister said
On Wednesday, Andy Burnham said he would review plans to release prisoners in England and Wales early, but didn't publicly…
