Tory MP tears into 'shambolic' Labour plan as thousands of criminals set to be released early
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Tory MP tears into 'shambolic' Labour plan as thousands of criminals set to be released early.
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Matt Vickers has launched a scathing attack on Labour's "absolutely shambolic" plan to release thousands of prisoners early.Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Home Office Minister declared that those convicted of the most serious crimes should be "locked up for longer", not released early.Up to 6,000 criminals convicted of manslaughter, rape and sexual assault could be released early as part of Labour's prison scheme.The first group of 700 prisoners will be released in September, with a similar number of criminals freed for each of the next nine months in a staggered release schedule.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Reacting to the plans, Mr Vickers told GB News that the move is "absolutely shambolic" from the Government.He said: "This is absolutely shambolic that the Government is deciding to let sexual and violent offenders out early, serving as little as half of the sentence they've been given by a judge.
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That is not on."When we were last in office, we built more prison places.
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