LABOUR RELEASING PRISONERS EARLY – Prisoners serving sentences of more than 10 years have been released early
Prisoners serving sentences of more than 10 years have been released early by Labour, it has been claimed.
Some 248 convicts sentenced to 14 years or more in prison and 490 criminals handed sentences between 10 to 14 years have been let out early under a scheme to reduce jail overcrowding, the Daily Mail reported.
In total, 26,000 inmates have been released early since Sir Keir Starmer became prime minister, according to the newspaper.
Within days of last year’s general election, Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, announced plans to release prisoners early to avoid what she said would have been a “total collapse” of the system if left unaddressed.
Prisoners jailed for sexual offences, terrorism and serious violent crimes carrying more than four years in prison have been excluded from the scheme.
Some 3,500 prisoners are apparently being released early every month, or more than 150 each working day.
This means about 40,000 prisoners will have been released early by the end of this month if current trends continue.
