The scheme to free up much needed prison space by releasing some offenders to serve the remainder of their sentences on the outside has provoked an outcry from victims.
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The scheme to free up much needed prison space by releasing some offenders to serve the remainder of their sentences on the outside has provoked an outcry from victims.
Now NAPO – the union that represents Probation officers – is warning that the service cannot cope with the numbers of prisoners being let out of jail early.
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