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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Abbie Llewelyn

Victims’ families call for all manslaughter to be excluded from early release

Construction work on the site for HMP Welland Oaks (James Manning/PA credit) - (PA Wire)

Families of those affected by homicide have called for those convicted of any form of manslaughter to be excluded from the Government’s early release scheme.

In a letter to Justice Secretary Alex Norris, the families said they feel victims are “being asked to bear the consequences of the prison capacity crisis”.

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