Politics · 3 hours ago
Early-Release Prisoners Face Sleeping Rough This Winter
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Probation staff warn prisoners freed early to ease overcrowding risk sleeping rough as temporary beds run out. Charities call this a fatal flaw in Andy Burnham's pledge to end rough sleeping in England by Christmas. Pact analysis shows releases into rough sleeping rose one hundred thirty percent in three years to fourteen thousand three hundred sixty. The next release tranche is due on 10 November.
Reported by The Guardian · How we write briefs