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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Burnham ‘personally intervened’ over possible early prison release of grooming gang perpetrators

A view of rooftops and surveillance cameras at HMP Wandsworth in London, with a brick wall covered in coils of barbed wire in the foreground. The sky above is dark grey.
About 5,000 people are expected to be released early under sentencing changes designed to tackle overcrowding in jails. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Andy Burnham’s government is “urgently” identifying any grooming gang perpetrators who may still be eligible for early prison release after concerns were raised about a potential loophole in the system.

The prime minister has “personally intervened” after men convicted of assaulting children in Bradford were expected to be freed from prison early despite a promise earlier this week that they would remain behind bars.

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