Early prison release scheme: Why are criminals being released and could PC Harper’s killers be let out?
- Posted on August 5, 2026
- By The Independent
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Early prison release scheme: Why are criminals being released and could PC Harper’s killers be let out?
Around 1,000 rapists and child sex offenders will remain exempt from Labour’s early prison release scheme - but why couldn’t Andy Burnham go further? Alex Ross explores the crisis facing prisons
