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Senior police raise concern over early prisoner release plans
- Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood announced reforms last week to address England and Wales prisons running out of space and nearing collapse.
- The prison population rises by 3,000 annually, pushing capacity toward zero, prompting urgent government action to end the crisis.
- Plans include early release for some violent and sexual offenders, scrapping short sentences under 12 months except for exceptional cases like domestic abuse, and new earned progression rules.
- Sir Mark Rowley and other senior police leaders warn the reforms could harm public safety and confidence, citing risks from early release of high-risk offenders and inadequate policing resources.
- The government is expanding prison capacity with 14,000 new places by 2031 and increasing probation funding by £700m by 2028/29 to tag and monitor more offenders in communities.
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Keir Starmer's prisoner release scheme 'leaves public at risk' as police and MI5 warn of CHILD ABUSERS on UK streets
Labour's controversial early release scheme for offenders could imperil public safety in the UK, police and security agencies have warned.Senior figures in MI5, the NCA, the Metropolitan Police and more have written to Labour saying that prisoners roaming Britain's streets could pose a "net detriment to public safety" in light of plans to release them just one-third of the way into their sentences."We have to ensure that out of court does not me…
·London, United Kingdom
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