The two Merseyside prisons accounted for the highest number of prisoners released early in the past year
Merseyside's two prisons accounted for the highest number of prisoners released early in the past year, new figures show. More than 13,000 prisoners were released early from October 2023 to September of this year under a scheme introduced by the previous Conservative government . Some 13,325 prisoners were released early between October 17 2023 and September 9 2024, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice .
HMP Liverpool accounted for the largest number of prisoners released , followed by HMP Altcourse , HMP Cardiff , and HMP Humber . Rishi Sunak’s administration insisted the measure would be temporary and only apply to “low-level offenders” as it sought to justify the plan by blaming problems with jails reaching capacity on backlogs exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and the 2022 barristers’ strike.
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