Rapists, child abusers and groomers will not leave prison early but some of those serving sexual or violent offences will now leave after half their sentence
Rapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from early release plans to ease critical prison overcrowding in a major intervention by Andy Burnham.
The prime minister said on Tuesday that he would delay the planned early release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales by a month until October.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/03/rapists-child-abusers-and-groomers-will-not-leave-prison-early-says-pm
Author : Rajeev Syal and Alexandra Topping
Publish date : 2026-08-04 06:19:00
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