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UK early‑release scheme expands amid controversy

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Latest: UK to release 5,000 prisoners early as overcrowding reforms take effect

Survivors of sexual abuse have continued to protest the Sentencing Act 2026 early‑release scheme, which would allow many convicted rapists, paedophiles and grooming‑gang members to serve as little as a third of their sen

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UK early-release prison scheme paused

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Latest: PC Andrew Harper's widow condemns early release of his killers in UK sentencing reform

In June 2026 Justice Secretary David Lammy unveiled a statutory early‑release scheme for England and Wales, slated to begin in September. The reform would let prisoners convicted of serious violent offences serve roughly