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Early Release Scheme Cut: 1,000 Fewer Prisoners Set Free
Justice secretary reduces early prisoner release to 5,000 over 10 months, excluding serious crimes. Andy Burnh...
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Families Outraged as Dangerous Drivers Get Early Release
Victims' families express fury over early prison release schemes allowing dangerous drivers to serve reduced s...
National
Sex Offenders Barred from Early Release Scheme in England and Wales
The government introduces strict measures to prevent rapists and child sex offenders from accessing early rele...
Society
Burnham Pushes to Block Child Abuser Releases
Andy Burnham prioritizes keeping child sexual abuse perpetrators in prison as government early release scheme...
National
Families Challenge Robert Bush's 20-Year Sentence
Relatives of Robert Bush's victims express their views on the 20-year prison sentence handed to the former fun...
Society
Early Release Scheme for 6,000 Prisoners May Still Launch
Andy Burnham's paused early release scheme for 6,000 prisoners could resume this autumn despite probation unio...
Politics
Burnham Orders Review of Early Release Plans for Violent Offenders
PM initiates comprehensive review of early prisoner release scheme following outcry from PC Andrew Harper's fa...
National
PC Harper's Widow Opposes Prisoner Release Scheme Review
Lissie Harper criticizes early prisoner release plan, expressing concern as Andy Burnham prepares to review th...
Society
Gordon Read, Devon's Chief Probation Officer, Dies at 89
Gordon Read, chief probation officer of Devon and former chair of the Association of Chief Officers of Probati...
Society
Early Release Scheme for Sex Offenders: Lammy Defends Justice System Plan
Deputy PM David Lammy warns that canceling early release for sex offenders could collapse England's prison sys...
National
Three Men Acquitted in Lyra McKee Murder Case
Three men found not guilty in the 2019 killing of journalist Lyra McKee, shot during riots in Londonderry. Com...
National
New Domestic Violence Laws Extend Prison Terms to 25 Years
Domestic killers face extended sentences under new legislation. Discover how the justice system is strengtheni...