Today, the third wave of Labour’s early release scheme will see another 650 offenders released into your neighbourhoods.
Among those released are domestic abusers, stalkers and violent offenders, who will now be electronically tagged and set free to roam the streets.
Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf said of the early-release scandal: “The public is paying the price. Five thousand prisoners, many of whom are dangerous, will be free to walk our streets and terrify their victims without serving their sentences.”
Today’s releases are part of a scheme that will see around 5,000 prisoners set free early in an attempt to ease pressure on Britain's overcrowded prisons.
This is yet another example of Labour’s failure to keep the British people safe.
The government claims that electronic tagging will be used as a safeguard to allow offenders released early from prison to be monitored in the community.
Among those released are domestic abusers, stalkers and violent offenders, who will now be electronically tagged and set free to roam the streets.
Reform UK Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf said of the early-release scandal: “The public is paying the price. Five thousand prisoners, many of whom are dangerous, will be free to walk our streets and terrify their victims without serving their sentences.”
Today’s releases are part of a scheme that will see around 5,000 prisoners set free early in an attempt to ease pressure on Britain's overcrowded prisons.
This is yet another example of Labour’s failure to keep the British people safe.
The government claims that electronic tagging will be used as a safeguard to allow offenders released early from prison to be monitored in the community.
The public is paying the price
However, a Birmingham University study found that police take over a month (39 days) on average to arrest individuals suspected of breaching their monitoring conditions after a warrant has been issued.
A report by HM Inspectorate of Probation also found that only 55% of all tags were fitted promptly, while one in five offenders had to wait more than 14 days to receive theirs. And one in 10 had been left unmonitored for up to five months. This is the system that Labour is relying on to keep the British public safe.
To make matters worse, figures released this week revealed that over 21,000 foreign offenders are living in British communities despite being subject to deportation action.
Yusuf said: “Every single prisoner released today is an indictment of successive Tory and Labour ministers. They failed to build more prison places whilst throwing the door open to millions of people to come to our country.”
Reform UK will tackle this problem through its Keeping Criminals Behind Bars policy, launched in August by leader Nigel Farage and Yusuf.
This would involve transferring foreign prisoners abroad to serve their sentences, either in their home countries or in rented prison spaces in third countries, including Kosovo and El Salvador – freeing approximately 10,000 places in British jails and keeping these dangerous offenders off your streets.
On top of that, a Reform government will build “Nightingale prisons” on Ministry of Defence land, creating a further 12,000 places.
Only Reform can be trusted to deport all foreign offenders, build more prison spaces and keep the British people safe.
A report by HM Inspectorate of Probation also found that only 55% of all tags were fitted promptly, while one in five offenders had to wait more than 14 days to receive theirs. And one in 10 had been left unmonitored for up to five months. This is the system that Labour is relying on to keep the British public safe.
To make matters worse, figures released this week revealed that over 21,000 foreign offenders are living in British communities despite being subject to deportation action.
Yusuf said: “Every single prisoner released today is an indictment of successive Tory and Labour ministers. They failed to build more prison places whilst throwing the door open to millions of people to come to our country.”
Reform UK will tackle this problem through its Keeping Criminals Behind Bars policy, launched in August by leader Nigel Farage and Yusuf.
This would involve transferring foreign prisoners abroad to serve their sentences, either in their home countries or in rented prison spaces in third countries, including Kosovo and El Salvador – freeing approximately 10,000 places in British jails and keeping these dangerous offenders off your streets.
On top of that, a Reform government will build “Nightingale prisons” on Ministry of Defence land, creating a further 12,000 places.
Only Reform can be trusted to deport all foreign offenders, build more prison spaces and keep the British people safe.
Photo by: Bruno Martins.
