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PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
The changes keep hundreds more prisoners behind bars and add new exclusions for rape, child sex offences and dangerous driving, officials said.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that prisoners convicted of manslaughter, including those responsible for the death of Pc Andrew Harper, will be excluded from the early release scheme.
- The changes follow widespread condemnation after Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole faced potential release halfway through 13-year sentences, prompting Burnham to address prison overcrowding.
- Beyond manslaughter, prisoners convicted of indecent assault, death by dangerous driving, and historic child sex offences will also be excluded, while authorities introduce "restriction zones" to protect domestic violence survivors.
- Burnham applied "common sense" to Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences, where 2,271 people remain detained as of June; 856 have never been released because the Parole Board deemed them unsafe.
- Justice Secretary Alex Norris will provide precise figures on affected prisoners when Parliament returns this week, as the government prepares to implement deportation powers for foreign criminals early next year.
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