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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Harry Taylor

Sexual abuse victims ‘exhausted’ by fears over early release scheme

(Left to right) Marie Stone, Kayleigh Corbin and Jade Belgrove during a press conference at the Conrad, St James, central London, regarding the early release of prisoners (PA/Jonathan Brady) - (PA Wire)

Victims of sexual abuse have said they feel “exhausted” as they are in limbo over whether their abusers will be included in the Government’s early release scheme this autumn.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he has paused the entire programme to reconsider whether those who are in jail for serious sexual crimes – including paedophiles and rapists – will have their custodial sentences cut short amid a crisis in prison capacity.

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