Editorial: If prisoners can walk free under a scheme intended to tackle overcrowding, something has gone badly wrong with British justice. Andy Burnham has heeded the public outrage – but he must demand further changes

PC Harper’s mother said that the letter from the Ministry of Justice was an ‘insult beyond anything able to be put into words’

Albert Bowes and Jessie Cole will be eligible to walk free after serving just half their sentences under the government's early release scheme.