Government revises plans to tackle prison overcrowding amid pressure from MPs and victims but domestic abusers and killers could still be released early
The justice secretary, Alex Norris, is out defending the government’s early release policy on the broadcasters this morning.
He was Asked on ITV’s Good Morning Britain why people who kill police officers could not be excluded from the scheme like those who committed rape, grooming, and serious child sex offences were. In reference to PC Harper’s killers, Norris said:
Because we have to go on the basis of the conviction. The conviction in this case was on manslaughter. We simply cannot restrict and remove entirely people who have been convicted of manslaughter.
Government needs to decide on a direction and stick to it, changing course at a late stage causes scarce resources to be used unnecessarily and puts prison and probation staff under extreme pressure.
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