Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisis Grooming gang perpetrators and killers, including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death, will be blocked from early prison release under changes announced by Andy Burnham after a backlash over the scope of the scheme. Here is a primer on how the crisis unfolded and what the upshot of Burnham’s decision could be. Continue reading...
What is Burnham doing to the early prison release scheme and why?
By Dhallo News · August 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM IST

Source: The Guardian - Politics
Original reporting: The Guardian - Politics
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