Andy Burnham pauses plan for early release of prisoners

Early Release of Prisoners Could Land Andy Burnham in the Slammer

The early release scheme kicked into action yesterday, with the first batch of prisoners being released after serving 40% of their sentence or more. Hundreds of prisoners across England and Wales, whose sentences were up to 19 months, were let out early. Have Andy Burnham and his cabinet have become radical prison abolitionists? Not quite. […]

2 Oct, 10:09

Andy Burnham’s pause on early release of prisoners ‘good start but not enough’

The mother of police officer Andrew Harper spoke out after the Prime Minister paused the plan.

23 Jul, 17:19

COMPILATION: Prisoners Say Thanks to Burnham After Early Release

Guido has put together some clips of today’s early release, as part of which about 700 prisoners were released after serving 40% of their sentence. Around 2,550 are to be released by the end of the year – even after Burnham tightened up eligibility… Incidentally the Prosperity Institute has produced a report on how to…

1 Oct, 16:00

Andy Burnham's dithering over early release of prisoners 'prolonging the torture' of victims and their families

Claire Waxman, the victims' commissioner for England and Wales, accused the Prime Minister of creating 'chaos and uncertainty' in the justice system by 'flip-flopping'.

12 Aug, 09:45