英格兰和威尔士将从本周四起实施扩大的监狱提前释放计划，以缓解监狱超员问题1。本月预计释放约2000名罪犯，其中包括家庭暴力施暴者和暴力犯罪者，未来一年还将分阶段再释放3000人1。该方案原计划释放6000人，后因首相安迪·伯纳姆的干预而减至2000人1。
缓刑人员对释放计划提出了严重警告1。缓刑来源透露，用于安置前罪犯的宿舍床位已经满员，当前形势下"我们考虑直接将一些人释放到街头"1。Napo工会主席本·考克伯恩指出，该系统面临"严重的员工短缺、不可持续且危险的高工作量"，并称"电子监控不能发挥作用"1。数据显示，电子监控标签的装配率存在缺陷，GPS和射频标签仅55%按时完成，酒精监控标签为60%1。
当前英格兰和威尔士监狱人口压力持续上升1。周一统计显示，监狱内共收押87499人，过去三个月增加超过1700人1。对此，司法部承诺投资7亿英镑建造14000个新监狱床位，并计划到2029年将监狱出狱者无家可归人数减半1。此外，2019年因公殉职的警察安德鲁·哈珀的杀害者因被列为不符合条件而不会被纳入提前释放范围1。
England and Wales will begin rolling out an expanded early release program for prisoners starting Thursday, with approximately 2,000 inmates scheduled for discharge this month and a further 3,000 over the coming year to alleviate prison overcrowding.1 The scheme was originally planned to free 6,000 prisoners but was reduced to 2,000 following intervention by Prime Minister Andy Burnham.1 Those being released include perpetrators of domestic violence and violent offenders.1
Probation officers have expressed serious alarm about the consequences of the initiative, warning that many freed prisoners will have nowhere to go.1 According to probation sources, accommodation for former offenders is severely limited, with existing facilities already at capacity. One probation source stated: "We only have a handful of places for ex-offenders to live and they are full. We are now looking at releasing some people directly onto the streets."1 Napo union chair Ben Cockburn highlighted systemic challenges affecting implementation, stating that the probation service faces "serious staff shortages, unsustainable and dangerous workloads, and electronic monitoring not performing its function."1 Electronic monitoring tags are being fitted only 55 percent on time for GPS and radiofrequency devices, with alcohol monitoring tags completed punctually in 60 percent of cases.1
The prison population in England and Wales stood at 87,499 individuals on Monday, having grown by more than 1,700 in the preceding three months.1 The Ministry of Justice has pledged £700 million in investment to construct 14,000 new prison beds and aims to halve homelessness among prison leavers by 2029.1 Andrew Harper, the police officer killed in 2019, will not be among those released, as his murderer has been deemed ineligible for the scheme.1
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