The Government said around 1,750 prisoners were freed early on Tuesday from jails across England and Wales.

Around 1,700 prisoners released in England and Wales on Tuesday in effort to ease overcrowding in prisons

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Police association chief says criminals potentially being freed in England and Wales without proper rehabilitation plans

Britain began discharging about 1 750 inmates from prisons Tuesday as part of efforts to free up space in a creaking penal system bursting at the...

Some 1,700 people were released early from their sentences last week in the first phase of the Government’s plan to tackle overcrowding.

The prison population hit a record high in August amid fears jails are on the ‘point of collapse’.