Lack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warned
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Alexandra Topping Political correspondent
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The GuardianLack of safeguards over prisoners’ early release puts abuse victims at risk, Lammy warnedtheguardian.comExclusive: victims commissioner and domestic abuse commissioner call for pause on planned releases A failure to put in place safeguards in advance of a change to the law that will result in offenders being released early will put abuse victims at risk, ministers have been told. In a rare coordinated intervention, the victims commissioner and the domestic abuse commissioner have written separately to ministers urging them immediately to pause planned early releases of offenders convicted of crimes against women and girls in England and Wales. Continue reading...
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