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UK politics: probation chief questions if there is ‘enough time’ for early prisoner release plan – as it happened
Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’ Keir Starmer’s government will release thousands of prisoners in England and Wales after they have served 40% of their sentences and recruit 1,000 trainee probation …