Times letters: Contested changes to jail early-release scheme

Times letters: Contested changes to jail early-release scheme  The Times

Letting out violent or abusive offenders mid-way through their jail sentence happens frequently and can cause substantial alarm.

Prisoners released in early scheme will not be able to go to football games or concerts, says minister as she insists their punishment will continue  lbc.co.uk

Partner of woman killed by dangerous driver among those who say they are devastated at killers leaving jail early When Calvin Buckley, whose pregnant partner was killed by a dangerous driver in 2023, secured a tougher sentence for the man who took her life, he felt some justice had been served. Now, under plans to rele

Some offenders will be barred from the scheme, but families say it comes "at the expense of victims".

EXCLUSIVE: The family of murdered Maya Chappell, of Shotton Colliery, County Durham, say restrictions on the type of offenders who could be released early from jail "don't go far enough"

Dana Carr, 27, is set to be free by Christmas after being jailed in December 2023 for allowing the death of two-year-old Maya Chappell.

The Press Association looks at the key questions following the changes

The Press Association looks at the key questions following the changes

Gemma Chappell has welcomed that rapists, serious child sex offenders and groomers will be excluded from prison sentence cuts; but said that

Andy Burnham has excluded rapists and serious child sex offenders from his early prisoner release scheme, but victims' groups and the opposition say the changes still don't go far enough

PC Andrew Harper, who was 28 when he was killed, and his wife Lissie (Picture: PA) Two men who were passengers in the car when PC Andrew Harper was killed in 2019 will be released early from prison. Uproar over the potential for Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole’s early release led to Prime Minister Andy Burnham pausing th

Pc Harper’s mother says family ‘paying the price’ for early release scheme  ITVX

Prime minister insists ‘Keeping the public safe is my top priority’ after campaigners raised concerns

She was just five years old when she was sent to live with Barbara Daniel, 75, and Douglas Daniel, 80, at their home in Glasgow in 1987.

A domestic abuser flouted a court order by contacting his victim 853 times from prison.

Rapists face ban from Labour’s early prison release scheme  GB News