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    Early release for long-term prisoners is horrifying, says victim
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    Early release for long-term prisoners is horrifying, says victim

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    1. BobMonkhaus on

      I can’t remember what comedy show did this, but there was a sketch once about “do you agree with this?” and the victim said “well obviously no, why are you even asking me? You already knew what my opinion was. What a waste of time.”

    2. west_country_wendigo on

      It’s not ideal but decades of under investment in the prison system has driven us to a bunch of bad decisions.

    3. Gullible-Exam9595 on

      FYI – I think this article is referring to Scotland which has a broader early release scheme than England and Wales

    4. Fearless_Neat_6654 on

      The criminal justice system in the UK and Canada has become so lax in recent decades. It seems that the system is too focused on “reforming criminals” and “reintroducing them to society” rather than punishing them for their actions and ensuring they don’t commit these crimes again.

    5. deathly_quiet on

      Probation people are scratching their heads wondering how they will supervise criminals for 60% of their sentence when they already lack the funding and staffing levels to supervise them for 50% of their sentence.

      I get why this scheme is happening because Labour has inherited a shit show of a prison and probation system, but it won’t end well.

      Also, a good number of those being released will go back to what they were doing before. A huge number don’t actually stop committing crime until they’ve personally had enough of being in prison.

    6. AcademicIncrease8080 on

      Soft-sentencing is an absolute gift for criminals. Imagine mugging multiple people or committing loads of burglaries and being let off with zero prison time, of course you’re going to keep doing it lol

    7. xmBQWugdxjaA on

      It’s crazy. They could just reduce the living space and amenities in prison, and build some makeshift ones quickly – that’d be preferable to risking public safety like this.

    8. TheMinceKid on

      That’s just her opinion. Rehabilitation is a necessity in a progressive society.

    9. Big-Government9775 on

      I don’t know how this isn’t a national emergency, I don’t know the make up of the prisoners being released but I’d rather bring in the army to build new prisons than release a single violent criminal early.

    10. drewbles82 on

      First to go will be the lowest levels non violent types so protestors, class C drugs etc. Not gonna release murderers or terrorists like a lot of right wingers seem to think. If any long term person is getting released early it would only because they passed the parole board and had already done 40% of their time.

      I remember seeing something that their are lost intimates, people who have already done their time but for some reason not been released cuz of paperwork.

    11. NoRecipe3350 on

      Absolutely so, victims of crime seem to be the greatest forgotten and unspoken group in the UK , with the exception of few thankfully rare but media intense stories, like Madeleine Mcann level of publicity.

      As for getting to the issue of early release, criminals often the don’t go to jail in the first place, not just because the courts don’t sentence them, but the police don’t carry out initial investigations and arrests.

    12. The_Anunnaki_One on

      You read all this and I know if I forgot to pay my car tax or something I would get locked up and the key thrown away. Meanwhile real criminals who cause distress to other humans get off lightly. They should bring back some sort of capital punishment. It would reduce crime significantly. You steal you lose a hand or something.

    13. martzgregpaul on

      Given that we are not going to be able to build more prisons in a few months it is the only answer. And its not like they are releasing rapists and terrorists early

      Everyones just going to have to accept the country is in a state and they arent all going to get what they want.

    14. R_110 on

      What else can we do? Prisons are at breaking point. Even if you want to build more prisons, it can’t be done over night.

    15. londons_explorer on

      If only there was some way we could release these prisoners to some entirely new location… like a new continent or something…

      Antarctic colony anyone?

    17. I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS on

      ITT: People forgetting that the punishment/deterrent element of prison is the deprivation of liberty. That’s literally it. Confining people to a cell for 23 hours a day and forcing them to eat gruel is not a requirement of a custodial sentence, which is expressed purely in terms of the length of the incarceration.

      Everyone who goes to prison is being punished simply by the fact that they are no longer free. If we had an opportunity, *in addition to that punishment*, to ensure that prisoners became productive members of society on release, rather than simply reoffending, why would we not take it? Crime would be reduced, and the streets would become safer. The instinct for retribution is a strong one, but we should be able to see past that and look at actual outcomes.

      Obligatory caveat: I am well aware that some criminals are considered beyond reform, and are serving whole-life terms or sentences for public protection. I’m not arguing against such sentences for criminals that warrant them.

    18. Kind-Active-1071 on

      You just know this be used as a stick to beat labour with when all the problems with this have been caused by the tories.

      I can see old Barbara now, “labour released violent criminals within their first month of being elected”