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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Christopher McKeon

1,100 prisoners to be freed next week in second round of early releases

Another 1,100 prisoners are due to be released early next week as the Government continues to battle with jail overcrowding.

The prisoners form the second round of early releases under a policy introduced early in the Government’s term to reduce the proportion of a sentence most offenders must serve behind bars from 50% to 40%.

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