Hundreds More Prisoners Set for Early Release in Third Phase of Crisis Plan

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Around 650 offenders will leave jails in England and Wales on Tuesday in the third phase of the plan.

Inmates are being released after serving a third of their sentence instead of the usual half.

The programme has freed up roughly 2,000 spare prison spaces as overcrowding persists.

Violent and sexual offences, including rape and manslaughter, remain strictly exempt from the scheme.

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