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Housing Secretary Angela Rayner says that Andy Burnham felt it was "right" to "pause" the government's scheme to release some prisoners early in their sentences after hearing some "harrowing" testimonies from victims. Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, it's his first week as Prime Minister, he's heard some harrowing testimony from victims
00:08and he's really concerned about that and I think it is absolutely right to take time to pause it
00:14and to make sure we get this properly, we do it properly and that people have confidence in the
00:19process. We have created more prison places, over 3,000 already, we have strengthened community
00:26sentencing and the oversight and control as part of the prison release. People just don't go off and
00:33that's it, you're out. There is controls that are put in place as part of that process. So I think
00:38the review is absolutely right to make sure that we get it as correct as we can and that people
00:44have confidence even though we all know this is not an ideal situation.

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