Another month, another batch of prisoners released early. Today marks the release of the second tranch of offenders as part of the government’s plan to ease overcrowding in jails in England and Wales.
The 1,100 prisoners released on licence today have sentences of five years or more but will have spent just 40 per cent of their time behind the bars.
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