Justice Reforms: Early-Release Scheme Will Prevent Prisons From ‘Crisis’ | Jake Richards MP
July 7, 2026
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as posted by the channel“To be very clear, if none of the measures in the Sentencing Act are implemented, then our prisons would be in crisis by October.”
An early-release scheme for some prisoners will help to ease the pressure on Britain’s prisons, but a blanket exemption on child sex-offenders has not been committed to, says justice minister Jake Richards MP.
Jake Richards was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 6-10am.
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