Hundreds of prisoners are due to walk free tomorrow

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A general view of security measures and barbed wire fencing surrounding HM Prison Pentonville on October 22, 2024 in London United Kingdom. The Labour government in the UK has implemented an early prisoner release scheme, in order to cope with the overcrowding of prisons in England and Wales. On Tuesday, 1,100 inmates are due to be released after serving 40% of their sentences. In September, 1,700 prisoners were set free under the scheme, which was drawn up by the previous government. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Hundreds of prisoners are due to walk free from jail on Thursday in the first wave of the Government’s controversial expanded early release scheme.

Some 5,000 prisoners are scheduled to be released in stages over the next year, down from 6,000, after ministers intervened to e...

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