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A prisoner released early from his sentence says "thank you" to Andy Burnham, as he's let out of HMP Wandsworth as part of the government's early release scheme. Another says, "keep the early release going, it's good". 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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00:00Nobody believes it. Yeah, yeah, thank you. Do you think it's right that people are
00:05being released early? Some people, yeah. There's not enough space in the jails.
00:09You've got to put proper criminals in there. What are the conditions like?
00:13No comment. What are the conditions like? And they're brilliant. It's just a bit
00:18weird. The food's okay, the staff are nice. I got on a rope with everyone. I had good
00:22sale mates. It was just a bit weird with, you know, the lockdown and everything.
00:27Sometimes you're not allowed out in the yard, but apart from that, it's all good.
00:30Are you with the Justice Minister? Not really. What were you in for?
00:33I just met. Are you in full about this? Sorry?
00:36Are you in full? Yeah, very good.
00:39What were you in for? What were you in for?
00:42What were you talking about earlier? No, I'm good, I'm good. Are you happy to be out?
00:45I'm good. Have you got a message about you doing it? No, I'm good, I'm good.
00:48Anything to say to the Prime Minister or the Justice Minister? Why have you got your accommodation sorted?
00:52Yeah, I've been in approved premises, yeah. And how are you feeling?
00:55Are you going to, like, celebrate? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Going to go to get some kebabs and stuff, yeah.
01:01Are you talking about it in prison? Yeah, yeah, everyone's talking about it, yeah.
01:05What's it like inside the prison today? Awful. It's nice to get out.
01:08But the conditions are awful. In what way? Can you get specific?
01:11The bang-ups, they lock you up for 23, 22, 23 hours a day. Really? Yeah.
01:16Have you got any words for Andy Byrne on? Yeah, keep the early release going, it's good.
01:20C'mon.
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