Its becoming clear (but was also pretty predictable) that early release of prisoners to reduce pressure in the prison system, merely transfers capacity pressures to the probation system; of course, with still insufficient work on rehabilitation & education *within* prisons, and a probation system already failing to work properly, in the long-term…
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There's so much smoke and mirrors floating around over this Early Release plan. While PC Harper's death is terrible, what about all the other victims of death whose killers are set for release? And why is releasing people early more dangerous than them serving the minimum? Would they be any less likely to reoffend if they went full term? Of…