Early release plan confirmed: about 700 prisoners to be freed on 1 October
The first wave of early prisoner releases is now just weeks away Around 700 eligible prisoners in England and Wales are expected to be released on the morning of 1 October, with the total reaching roughly 2,550 by the end of the year under the government’s revised early release scheme, according to BBC reporting. The […]
1 day ago
Petition to keep PC Andrew Harper’s killers in jail passes one million signatures
The pressure is mounting on Andy Burnham to prevent their early release. More than a million people have signed a petition demanding that two of PC Andrew Harper’s killers are blocked from early release, after the government declined to exempt those who kill emergency workers from a new prisoner release scheme. PC Harper, 28, was […]
2 weeks ago
Andy Burnham vows to block PC Harper killers’ release
What Andy Burnham has promised Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he is “increasingly confident” that the killers of PC Andrew Harper can be prevented from being released early, as he responds to mounting public pressure over the prison early release scheme. In a post on Facebook, Burnham said he had asked the justice secretary, Alex […]
3 weeks ago
Early release scheme: Victims’ families voice fury
Families warn of a justice gap Families of crime victims have condemned the government’s prisoner early release scheme, warning that some offenders could serve less time than the sentences their loved ones fought for. The early release plans, designed to ease prison overcrowding, have become one of the first major tests of public opinion for […]
1 month ago
US deports immigrants to ‘world’s worst prison’ despite court ruling
The first plane landed yesterday The first plane touched down in El Salvador on Sunday night carrying suspected members of a Venezuelan gang after Donald Trump’s administration passed an order to send criminals to the country. The order was passed by Trump’s administration to send 238 supposed criminals to a mega-prison in El Salvador, despite […]
1 year ago
Dozens mistakenly freed from prison early under emergency release scheme
They are working hard to bring them back into custody Dozens of people were reportedly freed from prison by mistake under the government’s emergency prison scheme. A Ministry of Justice source said 37 people were released in error on 10 September, because their offences for breaching restraining orders were wrongly logged under repealed legislation. It […]
2 years ago