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Will Durrant

Low-cost supermarkets would ‘blush’ at sentence review ‘discounts’, says Jenrick

Releasing prisoners once they have served one-third of their sentence is a “discount” which would “make Aldi and Lidl blush”, Robert Jenrick has said.

The Conservative shadow justice secretary criticised proposals for an “earned progression model”, which would see inmates released after one-third of their sentence, if they demonstrate good behaviour.

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