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Justice Secretary Alex Norris says 4500 prisoners will be released early as part of a government initiative to tackle overcrowding in prisons. Report by Aslams. 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, as part of our initial release phase in order to address capacity issues, the total now is about 4
00:06,500.
00:08That is going to be staggered over 10 monthly intervals, so that gives you a sense of scale.
00:13It will all be the same. It will never be more than 700, and it will build up in the
00:17early phases as well.
00:19Now, we will be engaging with victims about their perpetrators if they have a new release date,
00:24and then to work with them to design around their lives the controls they want to see on their perpetrators.

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