Labour has no good options on prisons
Labour has no good options regarding prisons, a policy challenge that includes considering the risks associated with an early release scheme. The dilemma also involves balancing the choice of either imprisoning future offenders or releasing all women.
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- POLL OF THE DAY: Is Labour's early prison release scheme putting vulnerable women at risk?
- Labour's 'soft justice' measures see more than 60,000 criminals freed early from jail
- Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy
- More than 70,000 prisoners set free early under Labour scheme as pressure mounts on Burnham to halt future releases