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Sunak rejected advice to release prisoners early a year ago

Discussions took place in June 2023 but aides thought backbenchers would reject proposal to ease overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock new figures lay bare crisis facing Britain’s prisons

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures on Thursday laid bare the scale of the chaos in UK prisons, days after the justice secretary announced emergency measures to ease the crisis

The Independent UK

Probation staffing crisis laid bare in damning reports as alarm sounded over public safety

Inspectors warn of ‘unsustainable and counterproductive’ situation as one local probation unit found to be 55 per cent short of officers

The Independent UK

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Cut ‘unsustainable’ probation workload in England and Wales, urges watchdog

Inspector says monitoring after short sentences could be stopped and youth services could take on some cases

The Guardian - UK

Probation chief warns 97% of service already failing – even before launch of early release prison scheme

Exclusive: Chief inspector warns new staff promised to help ailing service will need time to ‘bed down’

The Independent UK

CCRC chair rejects minister’s call to resign over Andrew Malkinson case

Helen Pitcher says she is best person for job despite direct criticism in review of wrongful conviction case

The Guardian - UK

MoJ cuts maximum time high-risk offenders spend in hostel supervision

Maximum hostel stays for serious offenders such as freed rapists and murderers reduced from 12 to eight weeks

The Guardian - UK

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About 5,500 prisoners to be released early in England and Wales

Justice secretary says temporary scheme in September and October will ‘avert disaster’ in overcrowding crisis

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak ‘risked breaching legal responsibilities over prison crisis’

Exclusive: leaked letters said without urgent action the system in England and Wales would reach ‘critical failure’

The Guardian - UK

Why overcrowded prisons are more dangerous than releasing prisoners early

Last week, the government made its first move to address the overcrowding crisis in UK prisons. The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, announced a plan to release some prisoners after they have served 40% of their custodial sentence, rather than the current 50%.

The Conversation

‘A massive relief and a change of mood’: how did Keir Starmer’s first week in power go?

Britain’s new PM and his team are genuinely excited to have seized the reins of power in Westminster – but are under no illusion about the size of the task ahead

The Guardian - UK

Fears UK prisons face ‘collapse’ as they could be full before early release scheme begins

With Labour plan not coming into effect until September, ex-prison governor says emergency measures can only ‘keep a lid on things’

The Guardian - UK

UK To Release Thousands Of Prisoners Due To Overcrowding

Thousands of prisoners are to be released early from September in order to prevent the "collapse" of the prisons system, the UK's new justice minister announced on Friday.

International Business Times

Labour will try to blame the Tories for tough spending decisions

Party leadership plans to stay in campaign mode and make sure public is aware how much ex-government has tied its hands

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The Independent UK

Suella Braverman says Tories ‘shamefully’ did not build enough prisons in bizarre attack on own party

As Labour announced a series of measures to ease the overcrowding crisis facing UK jails, Suella Braverman said the Tories needed to ‘take responsibility’

The Independent UK

Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’

Labour confirms it will release many prisoners 40 per cent of the way into their sentences instead of halfway through to ease overcrowding crisis

Evening Standard

Thousands of prisoners to be released earlier than planned from September as jails face 'collapse'

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns prisons will run out of space within weeks leading to ‘a total breakdown of law and order’ without immediate action to address overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and ministers are ‘guilty men’ in prisons crisis, says justice secretary

Shabana Mahmood says Tories left country threatened with total breakdown of law and order

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak government freed more than 10,000 prisoners up to 70 days early

New justice secretary preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails

The Independent UK

Labour’s prisoner release plan a ‘dangerous gamble’, warns aunt of murdered Zara Aleena

Farah Naz, whose niece Zara Aleena was murdered by a man who had been out of prison on licence for nine days, warned of the potential consequences if the probation service was unable to cope

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: probation chief questions if there is ‘enough time’ for early prisoner release plan – as it happened

Justice secretary’s plan includes extra recruitment but head of service queries timings, with moves to bring forward releases starting in September

The Guardian - UK

Law and order on UK streets would break down if jails became full, say police sources

Warning comes as justice secretary prepares to set out emergency measures to free up space in prisons

The Independent UK

Starmer has no option but to reduce prisoner sentences or risk justice system collapse, unions warn

Exclusive: Anything less than freeing up thousands of spaces ‘would be complete waste of time’, union chief warns

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on overcrowded prisons: James Timpson’s arrival is a signal of hope

Editorial: A strong emphasis on rehabilitation is what the justice ministry and Prison Service need

The Guardian - UK

Labour must avoid release of high-risk offenders in prison plans, charity warns

Refuge raises concerns over measures to ease overcrowding in England and Wales after mistakes made under Tories

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