Labour must avoid release of high-risk offenders in prison plans, charity warns

Refuge raises concerns over measures to ease overcrowding in England and Wales after mistakes made under Tories

Keir Starmer’s plan to ease the overcrowding crisis in prisons must not allow high-risk offenders to walk free again, a domestic abuse charity has warned.

Labour’s new government is expected to authorise emergency measures this week under which criminals could be automatically freed after serving between 40% and 45% of their sentence.