Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’

Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’

Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales

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Keir Starmer’s government will release thousands of prisoners after they have served 40% of their sentences and recruit 1,000 probation officers to solve an overcrowding crisis that threatens “a total breakdown of law and order”, the justice secretary has announced.

The lord chancellor, Shabana Mahmood, described the policy as “the only way to avert disaster”, saying that if prisons were to run out of places, courts would be forced to delay jailing offenders and police unable to arrest dangerous criminals – a crisis that would leave the public at risk.

Stalking offences.

Controlling or coercive behaviours in an intimate or family relationship.

Non-fatal strangulation and suffocation.

Breach of restraining order, non-molestation order, and domestic abuse protection order.

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