Andy Burnham has a problem. Desperate to ensure that his government isn’t defined by releasing killers and sex offenders early, he’s ‘paused’ the planned early releases which are due to commence in September. There is something in the argument that many women prisoners pose a low risk to the public, and that an early release

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Andy Burnham has been urged to repurpose at least one women's prison into a male-only jail in a bid to ease the overcrowding crisis after Labour's early release scheme was paused.