About 1,000 fewer prisoners to get early release as Burnham tightens rules
by Rachel Hall from World news | The Guardian on (#77EQ8)
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About 1,000 fewer prisoners will be released early after Andy Burnham's intervention to exclude those convicted of rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming from the scheme.
The justice secretary, Alex Norris, said 5,000 prisoners would be released over 10 months from October in England and Wales, down from the government's original plan for 6,000 from September.
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