The prison officers’ union, Napo, has claimed that prisoners with a history of domestic violence are still being released from prison up to 18 days early, a year after the problem was first highlighted.
Violent offenders are not eligible for the government’s “end of custody licence” scheme, but Napo claimed that wife-beaters were slipping through, and says that in just four days its members came up with a list of nearly 30 cases.
“The scheme was introduced quickly and is clearly flawed,” said assistant general secretary Harry Fletcher. “These vicious thugs come out of prison, go straight round to the missus and bounce her off the walls with a cricket bat. If only they had spent those last 18 days of their sentence in prison, these horrific incidents would simply not occur.
“Well, not for another 18 days, anyway.”
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