Former Police Detective Slams Early Release For Prisoners

Prisoners could be put up in hotels when they are freed early to ease jail overcrowding, the Justice Secretary said.

Shabana Mahmood told the Commons that inmates who are homeless on release could be temporarily placed in taxpayer-funded budget hotels if there is not enough space in bail hostels and other community accommodation typically used for offenders.

A watchdog warned it was “inevitable” some of the 1,700 prisoners being released on Tuesday from jails across England and Wales would reoffend and end up back behind bars.

Former Police Detective Mike Neville says: "It's utterly scandalous".

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[StevenMRSenior]

They have done this twice before and it was a waste of time then. Within weeks the majority of them were back in prison.

[daledevernon]

There are hundreds of buildings and as this person says even military camps which can be easily and cheaply converted into housing for low risk prisoners.

[AnnHays-sv]

If we deported the foreign prisoners the that would make enough room for a few thousand illegal immigrants

[MsGeoffh]

It's Starmer's standing army

[allansandison]

If illegal immigrants can't be sent to ex military camps, what make you think you can send British convicts ther