“Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has plans to crack down on criminals who are freed from jail halfway through their sentence.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Ex-minister and former wife released after serving a quarter of sentences for perverting course of justice.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The eight month prison sentences imposed on Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce are well within the normal range for such offences but slightly longer than many had expected.”
The Guardian, 11th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Newly released prisoners will be banned from moving around the country when they leave jail to ensure they complete rehabilitation programmes, Chris Grayling has told MPs.”
The Guardian, 27th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The appeal court has shown ‘exceptional mercy’ to a severely disabled prisoner, releasing him from prison early after his lawyers argued the prison service could not meet his complex medical needs.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A woman who killed her mother was freed under a secret fast-track process and went on to murder a stranger in the street.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who abducted his young daughter, took her to Pakistan and refused to reveal her whereabouts for more three years should stay in jail, a judge has ruled.”
The Guardian, 14th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals should spend longer in jail and not be automatically released after serving half their sentence, the justice secretary has said.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has upheld the principle of whole life sentences for the most dangerous of offenders, saying it does not breach human rights.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Five leading judges are to rule on appeals by four convicted criminals against their whole-life tariffs.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Every prisoner released in England and Wales should have their own mentor to help them get their lives back on track, the justice secretary is to say.”
BBC News, 20th November 2012
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“The High Court has ordered the release of a man jailed in the run-up to the Olympics, because of terrorism-related convictions dating from the 1970s.”
BBC News, 28th September 2012
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“Around one in five rioters jailed after last year’s summer rampages have been tagged and let out of prison early.”
The Guardian, 18th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There could no longer be any objective justification for the different tests governing early release applied by the Parole Board to those serving indeterminate sentences and those serving determinate sentences under the Criminal Justice Act 1991.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A children’s charity has expressed anger after a female paedophile was released from prison nine months after her conviction.”
BBC News, 11th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Former environment minister Elliot Morley has been freed from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for fiddling his parliamentary expenses, sources said.”
The Independent, 20th September 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A teenage girl caught with £800 of crack cocaine and heroin in her bra has been freed from prison 15 months early so she can go to university in time for freshers’ week.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Former Labour MP Jim Devine has been released from prison after serving a quarter of his 16-month sentence for expenses fraud.”
BBC News, 1st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was jailed for possessing child abuse images has been freed by a judge who said he was at risk of becoming ‘another inmate’s bitch’.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hundreds of dangerous offenders, including those assessed as likely killers, are being released into society under a scheme condemned by the probation service as ‘scandalous’.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
