00:00Taylor says it's risky and it's inevitable that some of those released
00:04will commit further offences and be sent back. Of all the scandals we inherited I
00:09think the system with the prison system, the justice system, probably the worst of
00:13all. It's a difficult decision again but we tightened up the system
00:17considerably to what we inherited in terms that early release scheme so no
00:20violent offenders, no domestic abusers will be eligible for this. We've put
00:25those greater protections in place but I think the prison estate had less than
00:291% capacity in it. I mean that's just not an effective functioning system.
00:34Again decisions which should have been made prior to the election frankly were
00:38not because the Conservative Party had given up on governing and that is even
00:41more challenging than you'd usually expect but it is what we've had to do
00:45and we understand how difficult it is but again we're gonna fix the country
00:48and we're determined to do it. Do you accept it's risky? I accept this is never
00:52something anybody wants to do. I think we've taken as many risks out as
00:57possible but in a decision like this it's challenging. I mean there's no doubt
01:01it is challenging. Is it risky as the Chief Inspector of Prisons says it is? I would not want in the
01:06normal course of events anyone to be released early from their sentence
01:10unless that's in the usual way the justice system deals with that. I am
01:14confident my colleagues who deal with this, not only have they taken the
01:17difficult decision to make sure the justice system works, they've done so in
01:20a way which reduces the risk considerably from the early release
01:23scheme that we inherited but again it is, as you've described, it is a
01:27difficult decision.
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