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Early release is a sign of a broken prison system | Letters

Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s review of controversial measures for the early release of thousands of prisoners to free up space in jails There is something deeply incongruous about a penal system centred on incarceration having to release prisoners early because it has run out of room to incarcerate them (PM to tighten early release rules but men jailed over PC Harper’s death can be freed, 4 August).The government’s latest early-release measures may be necessary to prevent our prisons from…

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