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‘VERGE OF A MASSIVE CRIMEWAVE?’ - Rapists and killers could be released early
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30:38Now PlayingThousands of killers, rapists and sex offenders are among those who could be released early this September as the Government tries to tackle the crisis facing Britain’s overcrowded prisons.
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The plans have sparked a political row, with former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips calling for child rapists to be excluded from the scheme, while the Conservatives have accused the Government of putting victims at risk.
On this episode of The Fourcast, Jackie Long speaks to Amy Clowrey, a solicitor who specialises in child sex abuse cases, Mark Fairhurst, chair of the Prison Officers Association, and prisons minister Lord Timpson.
What does the scheme mean for victims? How many offenders could be released? And is there another way to fix Britain’s prison crisis?
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