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Norman Stanley Flectcher – you're free to go – the prison is full!
Is it just me, or were you also shocked to read that conviceted terrorists were let out on early release. It seemed to come as a bit of a shock to the Home Office too – who have now said that the policy of early release will no longer apply.
In fact when you look further into the whole situation, there appear to be more questions than answers. So someone who is sent to jail for terrorist type activities is allowed out early. OK – that’s bad enough. But when you consider that they would have been let out anyway in less than 3 weeks time from their release then aren’t you a bit worried. If someone is enough of a terrorist threat to be sent to jail, what the hell are we doing letting them free to plot and plan, and roam our streets, with what appears to be a very very light sentence.
I have never ever accepted the premise behind releasing prisoners early because the jails are full. The solution to the problem isn’t early release, it is building more prisons. Do we really have to continue to read about the statistics of how many crimes are committed by offenders out on early release before swift and decisive action is taken.
Unfortunately I suspect that’s exactly what we will have to look forward to.
Jonathan Sheppard
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