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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Dominic Raab’s changes to open prison conditions ‘making public less safe’, Parole Board chief says

PA Wire

Dominic Raab’s decision to put fewer inmates into open prisons before they are released is making the public less safe, the head of the Parole Board has warned.

Chief executive Martin Jones said that changes introduced last year mean that people are being freed “without crucial testing” in conditions where they are allowed controlled access to employment, education and the local community.

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