Tories: early release plan a ‘betrayal and disgrace’

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Shadow Justice Minister Kieran Mullan says the government’s early release plan is a “betrayal and a disgrace”, claiming it allows serious violent and sexual offenders out of prison sooner. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00There are thousands of foreign national offenders in our prisons that we could be deporting

00:04to free up prison space and absolutely we will ensure that we build the prison spaces

00:08that are necessary. But I want to be really clear to people, there are other measures that the

00:14government can use to let people out of prison when prison is under pressure. This government's

00:19used them, other governments have used them in the past and they typically exclude sex offenders

00:23just like Kabartu and others like him and other serious violent offenders. The measures that the

00:29government are putting through today don't have those same exclusions and very many serious

00:34violent and sexual offenders will be out of prison earlier. I think that's a betrayal

00:38and a disgrace and not something that victims want to see.

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