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Labour’s early prison release scheme can’t afford to fail

5 September 2024

9:53 PM

5 September 2024

9:53 PM

Are you ready for SDS40? You might need to be if you’re unlucky enough to live in a high crime area. This is the anodyne descriptor for the government’s emergency release of an estimated 5,000 offenders this month and next, having served only 40 per cent of their sentence in prison custody.

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