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Government to release 5,000 offenders early, police warn risks
8/12/2026
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Story summary
- Government will release 5,000 offenders early from October for ten months to ease overcrowding.
- Martin Jones, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales, warned the scheme could raise sexual or violent offences.
- Fifty police chiefs wrote to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging options to block the early release of Jessie Cole and Albert Bowers.
