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THREE THOUSAND VIOLENT CRIMINALS RELEASED EARLY
Latest figures for early prison releases reveal that over 16,000 prisoners have been released onto the streets early, of which 3,000 are violent criminals.
Commenting on the figure, Stretford and Urmston's parliamentary candidate, Mark Versallion, said: “Early release has put the public at risk and is a direct consequence of the Government's failure to deal with prison over-crowding."
The Conservative parliamentary spokesman added, "Over 16,000 prisoners, including 3,000 violent offenders have now been let out of jail early in just six months because this Government has failed to build adequate prison capacity, even though civil servants were telling them we were going to run out of places."
“This policy has now created more than 300 unnecessary victims of crime, including one person who has been tragically murdered. They should have been protected by the criminal justice system but have been let down by Labour’s incompetence."
"This early release scheme
must be scrapped and sufficient prison places provided so that the public
can be protected. This is a most fundamental of Government duties and yet
once again Labour have taken their eye of the ball in search of political
gimmicks and costly experiments.”
= Monthly figures released by the Ministry of Justice show that in December 2007, 2,455 prisoners were released early on End of Custody Licence, taking the total released up to 16,197 since the scheme was introduced on 29 June to 31 December. Source: www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-1207.pdf.
= 467 violent offenders were released early in December, taking the total number of violent prisoners released under Gordon Brown to 3,000. See www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-1207.pdf.
= At least 301 crimes have now been committed by prisoners on early release. Of the 564 recalled to prison (to 31Dec07), 117 remain unlawfully at large. www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-1207.pdf.
= As part of the Conservative campaign “Labour’s giving criminals a break”, you can find out when the next prisoner will be released early by going to www.conservatives.com.