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What has changed in the Government’s prison early release scheme?
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NEWSDECK ANALYSIS
The coverage of Andy Burnham's announcement to review the early-release scheme for prisoners shows broad agreement on the fact of the review. However, the framing and emphasis differ slightly, with the Guardian Politics using 'announces' and the Evening Standard and The Independent mentioning concerns from the family of Pc Harper, while the FT UK and BBC News provide more neutral headlines. The left-leaning Guardian Politics uses a slightly more direct tone, but overall, the coverage is largely centred, with no significant divergence in sentiment.
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The Guardian
How has early prison release scheme been tightened after backlash?
Offences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisis
Grooming gang perpetrators and killers including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death will be blocked from early prison release under changes announced by Andy Burnham after a backlash over the scope of the scheme.
Here is a primer on how the crisis unfolded and what the upshot of Burnham’s decisi…
30 Aug, 13:58
Evening Standard
What has changed in the Government’s prison early release scheme?
The Press Association looks at the key questions following the changes
4 Aug, 12:13
Mirror News
Andy Burnham announces rape and grooming offenders banned from early prison release scheme
It comes after the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham paused the early prisoner release scheme and ordered an urgent review in a dramatic intervention earlier this month
3 Aug, 21:30
The Independent
Burnham puts Labour’s early prisoner release scheme on hold
‘No prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have conducted an urgent review’, the new prime minister said
23 Jul, 15:09
BBC Politics
Burnham pauses early prison release scheme
The prime minister says no prisoners will be released until a review has been conducted.
23 Jul, 14:21
Guardian Politics
Burnham’s review of prison early release scheme is causing chaos, says union
Officials ‘do not know’ how to respond to potential changes to plans to start freeing up to 6,000 offenders
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Andy Burnham’s pledge to review early release plans has created “a sense of chaos” across the Prison Service, probation officers have said.
As Whitehall insiders confirmed the prime minister was examining possible exemptions to the law under which offenders will be freed, the…
23 Jul, 13:05
BBC News
Burnham says he will review early prisoner release scheme
The prime minister says he cannot commit to changing the policy but wants to look at it in detail "before we go further forward".
22 Jul, 11:45
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FT UK
Burnham signals review of early-release scheme for prisoners
New prime minister makes first intervention in area of criminal justice in England and Wales
22 Jul, 12:33
Right
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GB News
Andy Burnham facing 'defining moment' as Prime Minister with early release prison scheme decision
Andy Burnham is facing his "defining moment" as Prime Minister with his decision on the early release prison scheme, Matthew Stadlen has claimed.
Speaking to GB News, the political commentator stressed that although the prisons crisis is a "legacy problem", it has now become "Labour's problem".
Following controversy over the release of grooming gang perpetrators and the eligible release of two of PC Andrew Harper's…
28 Jul, 10:38
Guido Fawkes
Burnham Pauses Labour Policy to Release Prisoners Early
Andy Burnham said in Glasgow: “Keeping the public safe will always be my top priority. I am working closely with the new Justice Secretary and have instructed my team to put a pause on the changes that were due to start in September. No prisoners will be let out under this policy until we have…
23 Jul, 13:57