Yorkshire prison officer jailed after 'exceptionally serious' affair with inmate is exposed celebrates early release

Charlotte Winstanley completed six months of a two-and-a-half year sentence

Charlotte Winstanley has been freed six months into a two-and-a-half year jail sentence after she admitted an illicit affair with a convicted gang member at HMP Lindholme

The conviction of buggery was not among the offences blocked from qualifying for early release, analysis has found.

Labour set to release 2,500 criminals onto Britain's streets before Christmas  GB News

The Kannur Town Police have registered a case against a prison officer following a complaint by an inmate who alleged that he was restrained and beaten at the Kannur Central Jail in Keralam.The case was registered under Section 126(2) and 115(2) on Thursday against prison office Jishnu based on a complaint filed by pri

In his first PMQs, Andy Burnham faced a call from a Plaid Cymru MP to apologise to victims of crime and their families, who feared killers could be released sooner

Writing for The Mirror, Alex Davies-Jones, Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women Minister, says the government takes the anger from victims about early prison release very seriously - and says why the move was needed

Alex Norris set out plans to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison estate to MPs as Parliament returned for its autumn term.

Alex Norris set out plans to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison estate to MPs as Parliament returned for its autumn term.

Family plea for 'timescale' to prime minister's early release changes | ITV News  ITVX

The Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales says victims are desperate for more detail on how the early release scheme will affect them.

'He’s going to kill me': Domestic abuse victims warn Early Release Scheme will put lives at risk  lbc.co.uk

Prison spaces could run out by May after Andy Burnham alters release scheme  thetimes.com

Burnham initially resisted calls to limit the scheme further

Critics say the move, which will keep PC Harper’s killers in jail, leaves number of prison spaces ‘too close to the bone’ PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain behind bars after a critical intervention by Andy Burnham, but the move has led to warnings that overcrowded prisons will be left “one major event away from di

Anyone convicted of unlawful killing - including manslaughter - won't now be eligible for early release from jail, under changes outlined by the Prime Minister.

Criminals responsible for the deaths of Archie York and Maya Chappell will be excluded from plans to shorten some prison sentences, following a Chronicle campaign to keep child killers behind bars

Ryan Prosser | Freelance News Reporter Published August 30, 2026 8:13am Updated August 30, 2026 8:14am Andy Burnham has confirmed PC Harper’s killers won’t be eligible for the early release scheme (Picture: Getty Images/AP) PC Andrew Harper’s killers will remain in prison thanks to changes to Labour’s early release sch

PC ANDREW Harper's killers will remain behind bars after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced changes to the early release scheme. The PM said anyone convicted of unlawful killing - like Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole - would be exempt and would stay in prison. Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole were jailed for 13 years for